CLC Shares a National Perspective on Chinese Storytimes

The Chinese Library for Children shared its community experience in a broader national conversation on children’s reading, Chinese language learning, and cultural connection.

Participants at the 2026 Chinese Culture and Language Education Forum gather for a group photo at Carnegie Mellon University.

Chinese Library for Children president Ge Huang recently presented an overview of Chinese storytimes across the United States at an exchange forum bringing together the Chinese cultural center and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

The presentation looked at the current state of Chinese storytime programs and discussed possible paths for their continued growth. Drawing on CLC’s work as a community-led organization, Ge offered a practitioner’s view of how Chinese reading experiences can reach more children and families.

Ge presents her insights and CLC's strategy for addressing the issue

For CLC, the forum offered a chance to bring lessons from local community work into a wider discussion. It also created space to reflect on how individual programs, libraries, families, and volunteers can contribute to the long-term development of Chinese storytimes nationwide.

CLC thanks the organizers for creating an opportunity to share this work and exchange ideas with others who care about the future of Chinese language reading for children.

中文儿童图书馆董事长 黄格 近日在一场由中国文化中心与卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）共同参与的交流论坛中，分享了美国中文故事会的发展概况。

本次分享梳理了中文故事会项目的现状，并探讨了未来持续发展的方向。黄格结合中文儿童图书馆作为社区组织的实践经验，从一线工作者的角度，介绍中文阅读体验如何服务更多儿童与家庭。

Local programs can become part of a wider national learning network.

对中文儿童图书馆而言，参与论坛不仅是分享本地社区经验的机会，也是加入关于中文教育、儿童阅读和文化连接的更广泛讨论。它也让大家思考，每一个社区项目如何为全美中文故事会的长期成长贡献力量。

中文儿童图书馆感谢主办方提供交流平台，也感谢所有关注中文儿童阅读未来发展的伙伴。