When the Sun Didn’t Rise is a beginner’s level (300 words) Chinese reader which uses concise language and fantastic illustrations to tell an original science fiction story about the terrible conditions of human life without the sun, calling for hard work and environmental protection. A wordlist is provided for the story in each book, and small exercises and a passage for extended reading are provided after the story to help students to do self-evaluations and teachers to conduct classroom activities. The book can be used with an MPR talking pen, which will read out any word you touch. A free CD-ROM included narrates the story, the passage for extended reading and the wordlist in the book.