This collection of stories came about as a result of my teaching beginner and literacy level students at the K.E.C. Outreach Department. I worked with students from Canadiana Centre and an English in the Workplace program. My students at that time were of Chinese heritage. Students told me about their daily lives, and I used the common elements of these accounts as the basis for the book. The book reflects aspects of the students' experiences, but the characters and events are fictitious. The stories are meant as a starting point, providing vocabulary and structures for all students to talk and write about their own lives.
