Books with author Helen Peters

Helen Peters' sequel to The Secret Hen House Theatre has all the same hallmarks: great writing and an emotionally engaging, entertaining story. It's good to be back with Hannah and the other characters - they've been much missed! The novel finds Hannah's farm facing a new threat - a water company wants to flood the land to make a reservoir. How can Hannah stand by and watch as her home, the land her family has farmed for generations, the wildlife, the ancient trees all disappear under a deluge of water? She isn't going to go down without a fight, and the school play might just be the answer… When the going gets tough, the tough take to the stage!

This book teaches pronunciation of Chinese Mandarin words through a complete understanding of Pinyin (phonetic pronunciation guide) and will, together with Helena Petersen's book "Mandarin Basic Communication", provide enough Mandarin instruction that any student should be able to take this one year's course and be able to speak and understand Mandarin in China on a basic level. The information is very straight forward and easily understood. In that year, students should be establishing a basic vocabulary and enable conversation. Popular online Mandarin courses will teach students exactly how to respond assuming the person they are speaking with asks them a question in the exact way that is memorized. If the question is asked in another way, the student will have no idea how to respond. With Helena Petersen's course, you will be able to think and understand as a native language speaker by understanding not memorizing.