Pretensions spotted this in her issue of Wired magazine sometime ago, but has only just got round to blogging about it. Written and illustrated by Christoph Niemann, a New York-based illustrator, this book tries to teach young children basic chinese by hiding characters in the illustrations used throughout the story.

The story is about Lin, a young girl, and her pet dragon. She is heartbroken when he escapes into the wild and sets out after him, having many adventures and encountering colourful characters.

P thinks its a great way to take first steps in chinese and it looks like a beautiful book. The Pet Dragon is available from Amazon.