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This book was easy to read due to using grammatical structures we learn about in JP 110. The vocabulary is also very beginner friendly. The plot was a bit fast paced for my liking, but it gets across what’s needed to with the page limit. I wish we knew why Hope and Destiny were super heroes and more about them, but it is what it is, and its enjoyable nonetheless. I’d recommend this book to first semester JP students.
This book talks about a lot of traditions in Japan’s new year. There are a lot of new words to learn! This book helps students to understand more about Japanese culture by watching a lot of pictures. We can know the content even we do not know about words because of pictures provided. Very interesting book for people to read.
I would definitely recommend this book to other people wanting to find on-level readings! The drawings in this book were really beautiful, and I loved the small details that the author included like the captions on the Polaroid pictures and how Hoshiko’s name was written in the stars! I hope to see more books like this!
この本をすきました。大豆（だいず）のしやしんがとてもかわいいですから。日本で大豆の食べものがたくさんあります。だから、この本はそのたべものをおえます。冬（ふゆ）と夏（なつ）のかんじもおしえます。
I would recommend this book to any first semester Japanese students. Beans are everywhere in Japanese cuisine, and this book helps familiarize the reader with the various uses. There are general recipes for several ingredients like tofu, and the book even has cute pictures of koji fungi! The kanji used in the book would also be useful to know for anyone looking to buy ingredients at a store without English labels.
この本はとてもおもしろいです。わたし今東京の電車がよくしっています。この本のpictures はかわいいですね。
I recommend this book to 日本語一年生. It does brief introduction to the city subway system, and shows lots of lively situations in the train, like how do passengers look differently in the morning, at noon, and at night. It’s a book easy to read and enjoy.
この本はとても面白くて、私は大好きです。ココさんは十二さいです。友達がいません。でも、ある日星子さんにあいましだ。星子さんは天にすんでいますでいます。ココさんと星子さんとは友達です。
This story is about a friendship between a girl called Koko and a boy called Hoshi who lives in the sky. They are both very lonely and when they meet, they quickly become best friends. Hoshi has very low self-esteem and thinks that he is not smart nor kind enough. He is scared to go back to his family. But Koko helps him to see that his family does care about him and he is not as bad as he thought. Finally, Hoshi goes back to the sky and Koko waits every night to wait for hearing him back.
I would definitely recommend this book to other students. The manga is very precisely and vividly down by our senpai. And there is a variety of sentence structures and word choices that are covered by what we learned so far as JPN 110 students. The plotline has up and down which also makes the reading enjoyable. I like how the ending of Koko waiting for Hoshi echos the scene in the beginning. This book is very imaginative and inspiring.
この本は日本の桜の文化と日本の地理を紹介しています。とても面白くで優しです。本の絵はいいです。私は桜が大好きです！
I highly recommend this book to Japanese first semester students. It introduces both the sakura culture and Japanese geography. There are a lot of interesting details like お花見 and that Japan is divided into 沖縄，九州，四国，本州，and 北海道. Vocabularies and kanjis in this book are very easy, and the book is a good practice for beginners.
シャーロットミードさんはこの本を書いていました。二口女は日本の面白い妖怪ですね！この本にたくさん二口女の歴史があります。私は妖怪の歴史が好きです！
This book talks a lot about 二口女 as a very typical Japanese ghost. It presents her in a very cute and interesting way. I love the pictures in the book. They kind of connects 二口女 to the pop culture. ( like how she use hair to grab beverages haha). This idea is brilliant and I learn a lot about Japanese culture!
この本はとてもおもしろいですがちょっとむずかしいです。あたらしいたんごがありますから。でも、えいぞうがてつたいます。
I recommend this book, because the story is really interesting. It is about a competition between wind and sun. They are trying to find out which one of them is more powerful. Although there are some new words and kanji that we have not learned yet, you can still get the meaning from the pictures on the book. I just learned Japanese for about two month, and I can understand the whole book. So it is not that hard. Also, by reading it, you are not only reading an interesting story, but also learning new vocabularies and kanji.
これ本はとてもおもしろいです。たくさん漢字をしりませんでしたが、むずかしくなかったです。日本の結婚式がわかりました。たのしいです。
This book is very interesting. There were many kanji that I didn’t know, but they were not hard to understand. I got to know about the Japanese wedding ceremony. It is very interesting.
I definitely recommend this book to others. The book itself and the drawings are all very interesting. If you wanna know about some Japanese traditions, this book is easy to understand for beginners. The book also talks about some cultural norms. It was very exciting that I can understand most parts of the book even though I just began Japnese for not more than 2 months.