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It’ s My Book is a leveled guided reading book series for children in American K-5 education,with 13 levels and 30 volumes in each level. Themes for level 1-6 are individual, family, school, social studies, animals and plants, and nature, and those for level 7-13 are growth and development, humanity and social studies, knowledge and learning, literature and art, natural science, and social science, with 5 stories out of each theme, from 50 to 1200 characters according to the level.

Based on Chinese teaching practice for young children in America, It' s My Book creates its scientific and comprehensive reading levels by selecting vocabulary from Singapore' s literacy standards about Chinese Language for Primary Schools(1-7) and ACTFL reading proficiency standards, benchmarking Hanban International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education standard, and integrating teaching theory with immersion Chinese teaching practice, also with the principle established by the system of Spanish reading materials in the U.S. as a reference.

This teaching material uses the guided reading teaching method, and is equipped with excellent teaching methods for teachers and parents. These methods have a practical guiding significance, especially for teaching, since the process is very detailed and provides a good guiding for teachers.

The fairy tale stories are created by the Chinese professional author and the Chinese teachers.  The stories combined with the beautifully drawn pictures can peak the children's reading interests and their ability to master the level.

This set of books is the level 8. It contains 30 stories and each story is about 500 words

《这是我的书——中文指导性阅读丛书》是一套针对北美K-5年级的儿童学习汉语的分级阅读教材，全套共13级，每个级别30册，1-6级主题为个人、家庭、学校、社交、动植物、自然，7-13级主题为成长与发展、人文与社交、知识与学习、文学艺术、自然科学、社会科学，每个主题下5个小故事，从50字逐步扩展到1200字。

在分级标准方面，本套教材结合美国儿童汉语教学实际，参考了ACTFL语言阅读标准（1-7）、新加坡《小学华文》识字阅读标准以及《汉语国际教育通用课程大纲》等，根据沉浸式汉语教学的经验，结合美国西班牙语读物体系建立的原则，形成了本套丛书所依据的分级标准。

本教材以成熟的指导性阅读教学方法为理论指导，配有一套比较完善的教学方法供教师和家长参考。这些方法都具有实际的指导意义，尤其是教师部分，过程比较详细，对教师如何使用读物具有很好的引导作用。

故事内容均为作家与汉语教师合作编写的原创童话故事，绘图精美，图文配合相辅相成，符合儿童的阅读趣味和接受能力。

本套丛书为《这是我的书》第8级，共30个故事，每个故事字数均控制在500字左右。

Book Titles:
1. Individuals 个人:
灯塔守护员
小黄沙的心愿
最可敬的医生
爱动脑筋的爱因斯坦
聪明的一休
2. Family 家庭:
应县木塔
苏州园林
忠诚的小狗
没有家的小白猫
新年舞会
3. School 学校:
旋转木马
伽利略和钟摆
动物的保护色
马德堡半球实验
荷普和她的树
4. Social Life 社交:
后羿射日
李白和汪伦
齐天大圣
大闹天宫
能干的好帮手
5. Flora and Fauna 动植物:
熊猫宝宝历险记
好吃的爆米花
塑料鸭子找妈妈
小草成长日记
看云彩
6. Nature 自然:
看广告买东西
奔跑的巧克力豆
美丽的非洲
五块钱的自行车
动物的内心生活