Meimei the Panda: Colours is a beginner’s level (300 words) Chinese reader which tells a story of a panda called Meimei using concise language and fantastic illustrations and teaches some new words related to colours. A wordlist is provided for the story in each book, and small exercises and a passage for extended reading are provided after the story to help students to do self-evaluations and teachers to conduct classroom activities. A free CD-ROM included narrates the story, the passage for extended reading and the wordlist in the book. The book can be used with a MPR talking pen (sold separately).