Gung Gung's Garden (Bilingual Book in Cantonese with Jyutping and English)

Meet Jade 小玉, a curious little girl who loves discovering new vegetables and fruit in her Gung Gung’s garden through the seasons. Perfect for encouraging healthy eating with young readers.

Gung Gung’s Garden is a heartwarming children’s picture book written by Sheun Lee with vibrant illustrations by Tammy Do. The story follows Jade, a young girl who loves helping her Gung Gung in his garden. The two are best friends and as spring arrives, Jade cannot wait to start planting seeds and watering the soil. His garden has tomatoes, bittermelon, goji berries, and many more yummy foods. See what’s growing in Gung Gung’s Garden and why they are so good for you.

Why readers love Gung Gung’s Garden:

• Parents, grandparents, and teachers will have fun reading this engaging book to kids that focuses on the bond between grandchild and grandparent while teaching nutrition

• Colourful, engaging pictures

• Written in Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Jyutping, and English

• Access to free Cantonese audio accompaniment (QR code on back cover)

• Kids ages: 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and grades JK-3, but never too early or too late to introduce a new language

Sheun Lee, a clinical pharmacist with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, is also an accomplished children’s picture book author writing in Cantonese, English, French, and Mandarin. Hailing from Canada and a heritage Cantonese speaker, her dedication to multilingual storytelling stems from raising her own multilingual child. With a belief in the boundless potential of every child, she created the Discover with Jade Books series to support families on their language-learning journeys, helping them enrich their vocabulary and discover the wonders of the world.

Tammy Do is a Vietnamese illustrator. She graduated with a MA degree in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She finds inspiration in nature and from her niece’s daily stories. She also loves to create imaginative characters and tell different stories through them. She is pursuing a professional career as an illustrator, working mainly on children's books and magazines. Currently, she is living and working in the US. In her free time, she enjoys free sketching while drinking her favourite milk tea. Visit her at www.tammydoillust.com.