A book of traditional Chinese stories has been created by pupils and parents at Edinburgh's Chinese Community School.

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Marking the beginning of the Year of the Rat, the book is designed to encourage children to learn more about Chinese culture and promote family values.

The text is in Mandarin and Pinyin, which helps teach Mandarin pronunciation, as well as English.

Mark Tang, chairman of the Edinburgh Chinese Community School, which is based in Liberton, said: "We are delighted to be able to develop and distribute this book to our pupils in our language classes.

"We hope that it will help young children to learn more about Chinese culture and virtues with its collection of short stories and illustrations and, ultimately, help them to develop their Mandarin language studies."

The book was created with planning and printing help from Telford College, and funding from City Literacy and Numeracy Edinburgh.