Author Description

Get rid of the dictionary and read more and more! This book is the third volume of a collection of short stories that will allow you to improve your reading with memorable, Japanese-only stories, targeted at beginner-intermediate level Japanese language learners (around JLPT N3). This book is specially designed for learners who have understanding of the grammar but struggle to read sentences, or want to practice reading Japanese more, but cannot find a book suitable for their level. For learners of Japanese who have just finished learning basic Japanese, it is quite difficult to find Japanese material that they can read on their own, and it is mostly limited to picture books for children. This book will give you confidence to read Japanese-only texts and will help you enjoying to read in Japanese and keep motivated to learn even more Japanese. A total of 20 stories carefully selected from around the world by our editors. These include a whole range of exciting stories that will have you wanting to share them with others as soon as you read them, and will help you to reflect in Japanese. The stories are rewritten mainly with vocabulary and grammar of JLPT N3 level. The stories are accompanied by lead sentences and illustrations to help you understand the content. Translations are available in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Portuguese. All Kanji characters are marked with furigana (ruby).