I read this five years ago when it showed up on my desk. Knowing we were putting our daughter into Chinese Immersion a couple years later, I was intrigued by this. I enjoyed the stories as well as the cultural parts following each. I also read it as a middle school librarian, planning to share it with 12-13 year olds. Some stories are better than others and if I wasn‘t in the business of middle school or CI Mom I might not give the same rating.