《我爸爸》借鉴国外学校已有的英文故事书的情节和特点进行编写，适合低龄的海外儿童学习汉语使用。《我爸爸》出现一两个主题或者常用句型，通过一个简单有趣的故事，多次重复生字或者生词，如数字，颜色，大小、地点等等，达到认识汉字、练习表达的目的。
My First Chinese Storybooks is a series of Chinese and English bilingual picture that have been primarily designed as educational readers for English speakers of different groups who are learning Chinese.
Stories that brought about some of the best known Chinese idioms have been added to this series. The author, an experienced teacher, selected these stories from ancient Chinese literature and adapted them to help young learners of Chinese appreciate the different ways of thinking by the individuals in the stories.
The appendices at the end of each book pinpoint key words and sentences, and include questions based on the stories for parents and teachers to use in engaging children in interactive activities.