Learning Japanese is hard and everyone says so. But not with this Japanese book. Whether you're a just starting out or are already familiar with the Japanese language, this book will help you with expanding your Japanese vocabulary and improve your reading skills while having fun.
This book contains 50 entertaining and culturally interesting Japanese short stories for beginners and intermediate Japanese learners. The Japanese stories are written in Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 basic Kanji characters which correspond to the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels. All the stories include the Japanese reading aid Furigana. Each story is followed by a paragraph-by-paragraph English translation, which will certainly speed up the the learning process quite a bit.
How to learn Japanese for Beginners? This book also includes a reading guide that explains the basics of the Japanese language and its characters. You get many practical examples on how to read the characters and you can also use this book as a Japanese language learning tool or Japanese text book to advance with your Japanese skills at your own pace. (Learn Japanese Workbook Second Japanese Edition) Furthermore you can use this book just other Japanese fiction books in English.

Christian Tamaka Pedersen is one of those few Japanese American authors who grew up in both cultures, he is the founder of a private English Japanese language school and has published numerous books on Japanese culture and business.