RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Linhui A1 Zhou, Jing A1 Liu, Baogen A1 Gao, Xiaomei YR 2012 T1 Chinese preschool children’s comprehension of a picture storybook JF Chinese Language and Discourse VO 3 IS 1 SP 109 OP 127 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.3.1.06li PB John Benjamins SN 1877-7031, AB This paper explored 3 to 6 year old Chinese children’s comprehension of a picture storybook The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The results show: (1) Chinese children’s understanding of images, actions and characters’ states improves with age; (2) Children develop their understanding of images first, followed by actions and then characters’ states; (3) It is easier for children to understand images prominent in pictures than those not prominent in pictures or containing culture-specific information with which children are not familiar, actions represented directly through relationship of different images than those actions which require making connection with preceding and following pictures, and characters’ states represented by visible information such as size and colour than those less visible or age-appropriate., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/cld.3.1.06li