Ok. Consumerism = evil. BUT I have to say that my heart skipped a beat when I was perusing the aisles of Target and found “Ni Hao, Kai Lan!” merchandise dominating the kids’ section. Heck. Yes.
For those of you who aren’t up to date on your Nick Toons, Ni Hao, Kai Lan! is the Mandarin version of Dora the Explorer. Thanks to Dora, shows that promote biculturalism have become more popular. Kai Lan is not only adorable but she’s one of the few rising Asian AMERICAN cartoons sans martial arts and probably the only Asian American cartoon for a 2-6 demographic.
You can check out the merchandise here (Consumerism is less evil when your dollars go towards bolstering the new face of bicultural media, I swear!) And you can check out my article on Kai Lan from a couple issues ago here (<– Read: shameless self-promotion — definitely kidding).
Enjoy!
Ya Kai Lan is the best, my daughter is in love with the show. We have a bed set, dolls, all sorts of clothes, everything. She is even saying “pull” in Chinese.
That’s definately where the world’s going. I know that I want my kids to be multi-cultural. My 4 yr old loves Diego!
my kids love Kai-lan especially my daughter Kailyn who looks just like her. I was wondering MMA says that she has the bedset I would love to know where you bought it. I’ve been looking everywhere for it. Thanks.