Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather

Written by Grace Lin

Narrated by Tara Sands

Ling and Ting have fun, rain or shine, in the fourth book of this irresistible early reader series.

The adorable twins Ling and Ting from the Geisel Honor early reader series are back to have fun in Winter, Spring, Fall, and Summer, giving parents and educators the perfect opportunity to teach young readers about every season of the year. This beloved series has received five starred reviews. Kirkus writes about the series, "These twins make learning to read double the fun."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: Nov 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781478960508

Grace Lin

Grace Lin is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of picture books, early readers and middle grade novels. Lin's novels Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and Dumpling Days both received Newbery Honors, and her early reader Ling and Ting received the Theodor Geisel Honor. The cover illustration for her novel When the Sea Turned Silver (a National Book Award Finalist) was displayed at the White House, where Lin was recognized as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. Many of Lin's books are about the Asian-American experience because she believes, "Books erase bias, they make the uncommon everyday, and the mundane exotic. A book makes all cultures universal."

Reviews for Ling & Ting

[cheryl_in_cc_nv · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Just darling. I love the chapter headers that hint that kids could perform these stories. I love the outfits that the girls wear, and the fact that they even share rain boots the way they shared their birthday shoes. I'm surprised that there aren't more books in the series, but four is a nice number and an omnibus would work, too (just an idea).

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Twin sisters Ling and Ting, whose adventures have been chronicled in three prior story collections - Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same, Ling & Ting Share a Birthday, and Ling & Ting: Twice As Silly - return in this fourth and (so far) final installment of their story. Together as always, the two sisters have fun throughout the year, engaging in various seasonal activities - raking leaves, shoveling snow - as the year progresses.

As with its predecessors, I found Ling & Ting: Together In All Weather an engaging early reader, one that features two appealing characters whose similarities and differences always come through. There is a great sense of humor here - I got a chuckle out of the fourth story, Old Chinese Medicine - and the stories emphasize the sisters' loving bond with one another. The artwork is colorful and stylized, adding to the overall appeal. Recommended to children who need something just a little more advanced, when it comes to early readers.