Are children stories good for beginners? I think they are good only if the beginners are children!
There many people who are frustrated because it's hard for them to find any suitable reading materials in Chinese. Often the books which includes pinyin are children story books. However, I find that what qualifies a story as a children story is only the content, not the grammar. It is actually quite hard for a beginner student (who is a grown up) to read a children story.
An alternative way, perhaps, is to read all different kind of textbooks as extra reading materials.
april
www.mslmaster.com
