The three of us are vwery much liking our Mandarin class! Someone from SENG recommended to me the book Long is a Dragon. It is great ! I am also finding that the SLC library has quite a few books in Mandarin. But reading in this language is a totaly different story - for now (and a few years from now) we will concentrate on being able to express our thoughts and questions :-) I higly recommend Chinese for gifted learners - it is a subject unlike any others :-)
Ania