任何一门语言的学习，都要从听说开始，大量的有效输入才能促成输出，因此对于儿童的英语启蒙，我们的着眼点也必须从听和说开始，听、说、读、写这个基本的语言学习顺序耳熟能详，人人都能脱口而出，但真正能照此实施的人却非常少。我们编写这套书的目的，就是希望能够帮助英语启蒙的儿童，利用生动有趣的图书形式和内容素材，真正提高听说能力，让英语能够在人际交流中灵活运用起来，彻底走出上一代人学哑巴英语的误区。
这套《儿童英语听说绘本》按照词汇、句式和故事的难度，共分为3级，本系列是其中的第2级，内含8册全英文绘本故事、1册英语听说学习指南和1张flash有声光盘。8册绘本故事中的《**不可以》获得苏斯博士金奖，整个套系被评为纽约时报畅销书等数十个荣誉奖项。
第2级适合英语听说进阶级儿童学习，每篇300-500个高频词，以短句和短句的重复为主，在一个略复杂背景下集合几个人物组成故事。除了8册绘本以外，为了更好地帮助家长在家庭中和孩子利用这套绘本学英语，我们邀请到资深的幼儿英语老师从，从读图、基本词汇、主题词汇、常用口语和句型、亲子问答、拓展游戏这6个方面入手，安排学习和游戏环节。爸爸妈妈们可以依照这本指导手册的教学节奏和拓展游戏来帮助孩子完成这套书的英文听说学习。另外，还有一张配套flash朗读光盘，标准美语录制，可听可看，让孩子学英语如看动画片般轻松愉快。

Benny and his little sister Penny have a big problem--their cousin Bo is coming to visit. Every toy he plays with breaks! They come up with a plan to hide all of their toys, but how are they going to play with no toys? As in Benny and Penny in Just Pretend and Benny and Penny in the Big No-No, Hayes tells a simple story about a situation that will be instantly familiar to young children. He doesn't preach and he doesn't talk down to readers. His characters are realistic children, even if they are drawn as mice. They solve problems the way that kids would solve them, sometimes crying for their mom and sometimes working things out on their own. His simple text is easy for early readers to follow on their own, and complicated words like loot are defined within the text. Contractions are occasionally used, but they are often next to a text bubble that has the full words, so it makes it easier for beginning readers to see how the contractions are created.

Hayes's art has a picture-book quality to it but still uses the comic medium to full effect. The color palette is soft but not so soft as to be babyish, and it seems to be done in pencils, giving the book its picture-book quality. But unique use of perspective and a variety of panel styles show that Hayes knows comics. The fonts are clear and easy to read, with certain words highlighted as in comic books. The combination of picture book and comic book make this an excellent transition book both for early readers and for parents who aren't graphic novel readers. Whether readers are looking for an early-reader title with a realistic, interesting plot or they want a graphic novel that they can read just like their older brothers or sisters (or like mommy and daddy!), Hayes' Benny and Penny series is some of the best of the already excellent Toon Book line. After The Toy Breaker, readers will be eager to see more of Benny and Penny.
-- Snow Wildsmith