Easy peasy Chinese : Mandarin Chinese for beginners
Elinor Greenwood (2007)
This book and CD provides a very gentle introduction to simple Chinese words, phrases and characters.
Eight sections provide a gradual progress from learning individual words to short phrases and dialogues, providing enough 'survival' language to get by on a holiday to China.
The gradual sep-by-step approach makes this a good choice for anyone who would like to learn Chinese.
CH CBEG 11; CH CBEG 11(CD) Open access