
I love books with jyutping! It is inclusive to families who are learning to speak or read in Cantonese. Cantonese is a very hard language, a consistent pronunciation guide is helpful for us learners to learn together, communicate with each other and look up unfamiliar words. If you are new to jyutping, it is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Jyutping and Yale are the most common Cantonese romanization. However, I have found jyutping is more accessible than yale. To learn more about jyutping, you can watch the following videos on YouTube: jyutping introduction and Cantonese tones.
I am thrilled to see many Cantonese resources available now. The community has really thrived in the last couple of years. Below I will share some books that have jyutping that you might want to add to your home library.
If you are looking for more Cantonese content with Jyutping, make sure to check out my shop and printables for more fun activities.
Quick Links
- Board books
- Conversational story books
- Standard written story books
- Vocabulary
- Level readers
- Idioms
- Nursery rhymes & poems
- Learn to speak Cantonese

Board Books
Duck Duck Books
- I Am Me! 我就係我自己!
- All Puppies Are Good Puppies 所有嘅狗仔都係乖狗仔
- I Love You More 我最愛嘅人就係你
Available in many countries. Full list here.
Bitty Bao, Lulu Cheng & Lacey Benard
- Counting with Dim Sum
- The Colors of Snow Ice
- Everyday Heroes
- Celebrating Chinese New Year – a book about family
- Lucky Lunar Animals – a book of animals
- Dragon Boat Festival – a book of shapes
- Boba Emotions – a book of emotions
- Foodie Detectives – a book of clues
- It’s Hot Pot Time!
Also available at Little Kozzi, Summit Kids, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.
Jojo Adventure Books, Emily Shan
- Jojo Goes to the Aquarium 祖兒去水族館
- Jojo Goes Berry Picking 祖兒去摘莓
- Jojo Goes to the Zoo 祖兒去動物園
Kebi Books, Nathan
- A Magical Book of Numbers*
Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.
* The physical book features Mandarin text and pinyin. With the augmented reality (AR) app, the book can display Cantonese text, jyutping and Cantonese audio.

Cantonese Stories written in Conversational Cantonese
These books are written in conversational Cantonese. You will see words such as 嘅 instead of 的 and 係 instead of 是.
Little Canto Learning, Farina Leong
- My Troublesome Little Sister 我的麻煩妹妹
- My Grandma 我的嫲嫲, 我的婆婆
Available at Amazon.
Mooliprint, Ann Hamilton
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears 高蒂樂絲與三隻小熊
- The Three Little Pigs 三隻小豬
- Oh No, Monty! 唔好呀,Monty!
- Rapunzel 長髮姑娘
Also available at Amazon.
Lele and Monkey, Tiffany Kwan
- Lele Goes Out to Play 樂樂出去玩
- Monkey’s Great Adventure 馬騮仔的大冒險
Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.
Lychee Press, Katrina Liu
- Mina Goes to the Beach 米娜去沙灘
- A Colorful World 彩色世界
- I Found It 我搵到喇
- I Love My Grandpa 我愛我嘅公公
Also available at Amazon.
Cue Education, Kapo Szeto
- Let’s Have Dim Sum 齊齊食點心
- Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快樂!
- Chinese Bakery 中式餅店
- Travel the World with Me 陪我環遊世界
- My Daily Routine 我的日常生活
- Who’s in the Forest? 誰在森林裡?
- Eating Utensils 餐具
- The Way I Feel 我的心情
- The Everchanging Weather 多變的天氣
- Dressing Warm for Winter 溫溫暖暖過冬天
Cat Like Studio Books, Deborah Lau
- Today is my Birthday! 今日係我生日啊
- Cycling in Spring 春天踩單車
Available at Amazon.
Jok Sing Jai, Samantha Chan
- I’m Too Loud! 我太嘈啦!
Available at Amazon.
Annie Mau
Also available at Little Kozzi and more.
Hambaanglaang
- Full Collection of 40 books, hard copy
- Also has free resources on their website and YouTube channel
Also available at Little Kozzi and more.

Cantonese Stories Written in Standard Chinese
These books are written in the standard Chinese written form.
Jok Sing Jai, Samantha Chan
- Who’s Not Sharing? 誰不是在分享?
- I Love My Daddy 我愛爸爸
- Because My Mommy Loves Me 因為我的媽媽愛我
- Who’s The Winner? 誰勝出了?
- What Fruit Am I? 我是什麼水果?
- Chinese New Year Greetings For Jok Sings
- Lucky Red Mittens 幸運紅手套
Available at Amazon.
Super Speak Juniors, M Kan & H Wang
- Chinese Legends
Available at Amazon.

Vocabulary Books
Little Canto Learning, Farina Leong
- My First Words in Chinese
- Animals 動物
- Daily Vocab
- Food and Drink 食物和飲品
- My House 我的屋
Available at Amazon.
Green Cow Books, Karen Yee
- My First Everyday Words
- My First Animals
- My First Colors
- My First Book of Things that Go
- Goh Goh and Dai Dai’s
- Big Day with Elephant
Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.

Level Readers
Little Bean Cantonese, Sophie & Nanz
- 小豆釘, 40 issues available
Only available at Little Bean Cantonese’s Patreon page. Only introduction of characters includes jyutping. Rest of the text does not include jyutping.


Nursery Rhymes
- Classic Cantonese Nursery Rhymes (with Jyutping) • 廣府童謠氹氹轉(彩圖粵語注音版)
- Cantonese Tang Poetry (with Jyutping) • 粵韻唐詩(彩圖粵語注音版)
- Cantonese Song Poetry (with Jyutping) • 粵韻宋詞(彩圖粵語注音版)
Also available at Little Kozzi.

Learn to Speak Cantonese
Inspirlang, Jade Wu
- Learn to Speak Cantonese I
- Learn to Speak Cantonese 2
Also available at Amazon.
Mooliprint, Ann Hamilton
- Every Day Cantonese for Parents
Also available at Amazon.
Cantonese for Everyone 大家嘅廣東話, Chow Bun Ching
I have 2 in stock for GTA, Ontario pick up.

Bilingual Activity Books
Sweet Note Learning, Pauline
- My First Bilingual Busy Book 快樂學習廣東話
- First Words Posters
- Lunar New Year Bundle
- Mid-Autumn Festival Activity Book
- Winter Theme Bundle
If you are looking for more Cantonese content with Jyutping, make sure to check out my shop and printables for more fun activities.
More Cantonese Children Apps and Resources
- Cantonese Children Apps
- Books with Jyutping blog post
- I Taught My Daughter 500+ Chinese Characters blog post
- Little Explorers Cantonese Virtual On Demand Program blog post
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