Making mother tongue come alive for their children

When Ms May Lau's three children were in pre-school, she invested in a few different collections of Chinese storybooks to nurture their love of reading in their mother tongue. The books included the I Can Read series and Journey To The West comics.

Ms Lau, a 43-year-old marketing director, speaks only Mandarin to her children, though she says they answer in English 90 per cent of the time.