《邻家的中国儿童》是赛珍珠所著的近二十本儿童读物中的第二本。该书面世七十年来鲜为中国学者问津。然而,这本书却是《埋骨:赛珍珠在中国》的作者希拉里·斯波林小时候看过的第一本书。这个故事是赛珍珠根据自己童年在中国的真实经历编写而成的。借助精美逼真的插图和讲故事的方式,在这个美国母亲给自己四个孩子讲的睡前故事里,赛珍珠向读者详实地介绍了十九世纪末二十世纪初镇江一带中国人的风土人情。中国女孩子编辫子,扎红头绳。饰有金佛的红帽子 “Neighboring Chinese Children” is the second of nearly twenty children’s books by Pearl S. Buck. Seventy years after the book was published for the Chinese scholars rarely asked. However, the book was the first book ever seen when Hillary Sporrin, author of “Buried Bone: Pearl at China,” was a child. This story is based on Pearl Buck ’s childhood experiences in China. With exquisite illustrations and storytelling, Pearl Buck told readers in his pre-sleep story the American mother telling his four children about the customs of the Chinese people in Zhenjiang in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chinese girls braid, tie red headband. Golden Buddha decorated with red hat