Harry Porter and ABC

Last Friday, the sixth book of Harry Porter series finally arrived in stores. I felt really happy and lucky for those kids living in English speaking countries.

According to Beijing Morning (in Chinese), the Chinese version of Harry Porter and the Half Blood Prince will come out on Oct 15th, 2005. That's three months away from the English version hit the store. Most of the Chinese kids have to wait until then.

For our April, she is going to be a little ABC, American-Born Chinese (definition from Wikipeida). According to this definition, "ABCs tend to assimilate rapidly into the English-language environment of the United States and often have more reduced facility in Chinese than other members of the Chinese diaspora". So I am sure that April will enjoy Harry Porter VII, VIII (if there is any) just like any other American kids. But in the meantime, I still want her to be able to appreciate many wonderful Chinese works. I wish her could take the opportunity as an ABC to become a real master of both languages. This is also a part of meaning of her Chinese name ().