Ask Publishing Graded Readers
レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー レベル0 vol.1
Summary
Short stories tailored to foreigners trying to learn Japanese. Level 0 is for people with a vocabulary up to 400, and minimal grammar. Level 1 is 400 - 1500 vocab knowledge and N5 grammar. There are three sets of each level, and we might be able to handle level 2 as well ( 1500-2500, N4 grammar)
Since this is tailored to students of Japanese language, we get easier grammar than any First Grade book, easier vocab use and avoid the “wall of kana” since they use kanji with furigana.
Set 1 has 6 books, 15 pages each. First two are informative (about cherry blossoms and soy), while the last 4 are fictional stories (fun and whimsical, slice of life)
Availability
Amazon JP
No eBook to my knowledge. The eBook version of Graded Readers by White Rabbit are written by same people (I believe they said in the forum), but I can confirm they are not the same stories.
Personal Opinion
Being tailored to beginners they are easy to pick up and read, and give you a great satisfaction of being able to read something completely in Japanese. The stories are quite interesting as well. I like to read again every now and then, as they are easy enough to just pick up and read, and written in a way so you are supposed to pick up new vocab and grammar from context, so I learn more each time even without looking things up.
Pros and Cons for the Book Club
Pros
- Includes CD
- Easy language
- Tailored to students
- No wall of Kana
- 6 separate stories, people can jump in at any time
- Illustrations tailored even more to comprehension than regular books does
Cons
- Price. Cost more than mass produced books
- Lvl 0 Possibly too easy, but this is the absolute beginner
(we can always go higher)
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Difficulty Poll
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