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(4/5)Fun to read with friends
The Japanese version of Magic Treehouse #1, includes the first 1 and second books of the series. I read this book with some friends on youtube so if anyone is struggling to read this, you can compare your understanding with ours.
Overal, these books had extremely easy vocabulary, most in the N5, or perhaps N4 area. The only difficult vocabulary words were really in the second half of the book, since they had words
This book was a lifesaver for me. The language is much more approachable than manga - lots of straightforward descriptive sentences without being too simple, which mixed together with the bits of dialogue (usually more difficult) made for an great entry into reading.
Yes there's a lot more words on the page and a bit more vocabulary than manga... but the standard language makes it way easier to consume. Googling vocabulary is easy... googling grammar & slang contractions is hard, which this boo
A good step into reading novels
I started reading this series after a year of reading manga as my first foray into reading real books. They're harder than most manga because there are (almost) no illustrations to provide context so it's up to your brain to do the heavy lifting of setting the scene, but they're also easier because they aren't overrun with casual speech. They repeat a lot of vocabulary and grammar points over and over again which is great.
I never read the series as a kid so I had no nostalgia for them and I wa