# Beginner Books to Read

**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/beginner-books-to-read/35535
**Category:** Reading
**Created:** [March 10, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/beginner-books-to-read/35535 "2019-03-10T02:04:29Z")
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### Author: ![Rowena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rowena/32/302571_2.png) [@Rowena](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Rowena)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/beginner-books-to-read/35535/9 "2019-03-10T11:57:06Z")

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> [@DaisukeJigen](#):
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> I hear they’re terribly short. Like each volume is 4 stories, each 6 pages long, with only a couple sentences per page?

This particular series pictured is actually 6 stories per volume, about 14 pages per story, but you are correct that each page only has between 1 and 3 sentences at Level 0. There are fewer stories/books per volume with more pages per book and many more sentences per page as the Level increases. They do also come with a CD, so I use them initially for listening practice before doing any reading.

> [@Dunlewy](#):
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> They are kids’ books

They are not actually kids’ books, they are written specifically for foreign learners of Japanese - while the graphics in the lower levels make them look like children’s picture books, the intention is that the visual cues will mean you will not need a dictionary even if you encounter new vocab - you will be able to guess the meaning from the visual context.

@ericky14 There is a club for people working their way through graded readers and parallel texts [here](https://community.wanikani.com/t/graded-readers-and-parallel-texts-book-club/35099) if you’d like to join us (I’m working on the Level 0 readers at the moment).

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