なぜ?どうして?せかいはふしぎ 2年生

Solid for native kids, unsuitable for language learners

This was my first native japanese material that i´ve ever read (apart from occasional tweets or youtube comments). This book is pretty much about fun facts from all over the world, which makes it kind of hit or miss depending on what you actually find interesting. It´s intended for native 2nd graders, so there is some light kanji usage in an ocean of kana. Thankfully, the writers thought of that and created spaces inbetween the words for visual aid on top of the accompanying images.

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This is good book for learning a lot of vocabulary, especially with regards to foreign countries. The language is relatively simple and standard and the WaniKani group helps a lot. The actual content is what you'd expect in a second grade classroom - it's a bunch of 2 page explorations about different 'wonders' of the world (largest waterfalls, strange eating customs, the dead sea... etc). I learned some facts I didn't know and the descriptions of things were relatively cute.

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