This book is in the Chinese Reading for Practical Purposes: Step by Step series. It is at Reading Level-2. It can be used by learners at HSK Level 3 ~ 5. People who have learned 1,000 Chinese characters or have studied Chinese for more than half a year can also read this book after class or study by themselves. It has "Reading Tips" before the lesson and "Have you understood it?" after the lesson. In addition to the annotations in pinyin, English, Korean and Japanese for the new words, the corresponding pinyin is also provided for all the stories. It is dual-color printed with funny illustrations and lively format, which will make you have a good time when reading it. An accompanying CD provides the recording for each lesson.