Introducing babies and toddlers to a second language can be a fun and rewarding experience, and bilingual board books are a great tool for this! In this post, I've compiled my top recommendations for bilingual board books grouped by language, including Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
At home, we're learning Mandarin Chinese, so my recommendations do lean towards Chinese resources. However, I believe that exposure to any language is beneficial for young children, so feel free to explore books in any of the languages listed. Happy reading!
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Note: Some of these books are only available from the small businesses that created them and are not on Amazon.
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Chinese
Bilingual Kiddos (@bilingual.kiddos)
My Bilingual Book of Nursery Rhymes
My Bilingual Book of Festivals
Bitty Bao (@bitty.bao)
Round 1: Counting with Dim Sum, The Colors of Snow Ice, and Everyday Heroes
Round 2: Celebrating Chinese New Year, Lucky Lunar Animals, and Dragon Boat Festival
Round 3: Foodie Detectives, Boba Emotions, and It's Hot Pot Time
Round 4: Mooncakes, Our Moon, and Mid-Autumn Festival
Habbi Habbi (@behabbi)
Gordon and Lili (@gordonandlili)
Gordon and Lili Celebrate Chinese New Year
12 Lucky Animals by Vickie Lee and Joey Chou
Baby Snack Time (@babysnacktimebook)
Baby Snack Time
Baby Tea Time
Duck Duck Books (@duckduckbooks)
I Am Me and All Puppies are Good Puppies
I Love You More
Spark Collection (@thesparkcollection)
My Favorite Gift
The Bund Books (@thebundbooks)
Little Tomato
The Little Pineapple
Mandarin Prodigies (@mandarinprodigies)
Let's Learn Opposite Words
Lil Dumpling Publications (@lildumplingpublications)
Hearing & Seeing Chinese, I Can Make a Fruit Tart, and I Can Make a Salad
Bao Bao Learns Chinese (@baobaolearnschinese)
Volume 1 and 2
Korean
Cadamini Books (@cadaminibooks)
Let's Clean Up, Fun Opposites, and Fun Numbers
Shop Tiger Boom Creative (Cadamini Books)
Spark Collection (@thesparkcollection)
My Favorite Gift
Spark Collection has added a Korean bilingual edition since this post was written.
Habbi Habbi (@behabbi)
Since this post Habbi Habbi has added Korean and several other languages.
Vietnamese
Tiny Wrist (@tinywristco)
Nursery Rhymes from Vietnam (@nurseryrhymesfromvn)
The Colors of Tet
Gemma's Library (@gemmas.library)
The Colors of the Rainbow, The Vietnamese Alphabet Book, and Gemma's Farm Adventure
Do you know a fantastic book that would make a great addition to this list? I'd love to hear your recommendations! Please leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts. Thank you for helping make this list even better!
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