Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
I will recommend this book or story to 1st-year Japanese students.
この本は面白いです。りょうさんは警察官です。りょうさんは、西町でたくさん人を見て、助けます。でも。。。その時は、小さい男の子の猫は高い木の上ですから、りょうさんは木に登ります。怖いですよ！だから、りょうさんが「助けて！」と言った人になりました。
If you are a novice at reading Japanese, then this is the book for you! The sentences are extremely short, and simple grammar can be identified/ understood (e.g. short form, te-form, 〜よ, quotations, casual “no” in speech, etc…) There is a plethora of images to baby-step the reader through the story and it is engaging till the end with light humor.
この本はちょっとつまらないと思います。鈴木正雄さんもつまらなってですが、鈴木正雄さんのおばあさんはおもしろいです。びっくりするのがエンディングがあります。I think that this book is a little boring. Suzuki-san, the main character, is also boring, but his grandmother is interesting. This book has a surprising ending.
Overall, this book wasn’t that interesting to me. A large part of it simply focuses on all the stops and who gets on, but there are definitely some interesting parts. The ending itself is a big surprise, but I wouldn’t say it makes up for the monotony of the rest of the book.
その本は面白いとかなしいと思います。主人公は犬の名前はハチです。ハチのものがたりは真のものがたりだから、本の後ろで、ハチのしゃしんがあります！すごくかわいいです。This book is interesting but sad. It is the true story of a dog named Hachi, and there’s even a photo of the real Hachi (and his owner) in the back!
I would definitely recommend this book to classmates. The illustrations are beautiful, and the story and kanji are fairly easy to understand. Also, it’s based on a real story! If you love dogs, you will especially like this book.
いい本ですよ。読んでください！日本のおまつりを勉強します。たとえば、短冊でおねがいを書きて、ささをおきました。あとで花火をみたり、かき氷を食べたりします。このものがたりはとてもたのしくて、かっこいいいろがあります。
This is a great book. Please read if you can! It teaches about Japanese festivals and traditions. Such as writing a wish on card and hanging it on a bamboo leaf. In the book they also saw fireworks, and ate shaved ice. This story is very fun, and it has cool colors.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Japanese festival and traditions. Also represents family setting, also what host families are like. A lot of the words in this book are words we mostly know, the kanji is also very easy to read. 
この本は楽しかったと思います！本には四つの話があります。ストーリーは短くて簡単です。日本語一年生の私たちたくさん単語を知っています。私は＜誰が早い？＞のストーリーが大好きです！兄弟５人一緒にお酒を飲んて、誰が一番早いの会話をしました。
I think this book is a fun and easy read! It is composed of 4 short stories, so you won’t have to worry about stopping half way and forgetting the story line. We have learned a lot of the vocabulary, and you can understand most of the Kanji by the furigana provided next to it. The stories are short and pretty interesting. Would recommend!
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桜は綺麗ですね。この本を読んだから、日本にいくつもりです。日本でおはなみをしたり、友達とお酒を飲んだり、歌を歌ったりしたいです。桜の前で、写真を撮りたいです。日本に住んでいるのが大好きです。
I learnt about お花見 this activity. It sounds so amazing. I really want to go to Japan in spring and enjoy the beautiful natural scene. This book is easy to read and I recommend to people who want to learn about Sakura which tokens part of Japanese culture.
この話は男の人と、その綺麗な奥さんについてです。毎日、男の人は奥さんの顔を見って、「綺麗だなあ、綺麗だなあ」と言っていました。一日中男の人は顔を見ているので働いませんでした。すぐに、金が足りなくなったので、奥さんは「働いてください」と言っていて、顔の絵を作りました。男は畑に行って、絵を木につけて、働くと、よく絵を見ています。ある日、風はその絵を盗んで、殿様の城に持って切ました。殿様は絵を見った時「綺麗な人だなあ、ここに連れてきなさい」と言っていました。殿様は絵を見った時「綺麗な人だなあ、ここに連れてきなさい」と言っていました。そして、家来は絵の中に女をみつけた時、奥さんを城に連れてきました。出ている前に、奥さんが男の人に桃の種をあげった時、３年後、桃を城に持って着るを約束をさせました。３年後、桃を殿様の城に持ってきました。奥さんと男の人は殿様を騙しました。そして、城に住んでいました。
Basically: Dude has beautiful wife and can’t stop looking at her, even to go to work. She gets tired of being broke and paints a self portrait that he can take with him to the fields where he works and look at it while he works. Everything is Gucci until the wind blows it away and it lands in Tono-sama’s castle. Tono-sama is smitten with one look. He sends out servants to find and bring her to him. As she’s being taken away, she gives a peach seed to her husband and tells him to plant it and in three years bring the peaches to the castle. I won’t spoil any more, but long story short they trick the lord and live happily ever after.
I think this was a great story for getting back into the groove of reading Japanese. The kanji aren’t too hard and the story is funny. I highly recommend this book for first years (who are looking for a reach) and second years (who are looking for a breather, or practice).
とても悲しい本ですね！文がとても短くて、漢字がありませんが、よくてやさしい話で、私はこの本を読んでよかったです。私は早く読んで、とても簡単な本ですが、速く読んで、楽しい話だと思ういます。
This was a very sad but good book. For all that the sentences were simple and short, the story conveyed lots of emotion. The vocabulary was almost all familiar, and there wasn’t much kanji. I would certainly recommend others give it a try.
私は最近日本語で「くまのプーさん」を読みました。子供の時私はくまのプーさんが大好きだから、この絵本も大好きでした。「くまのプーさん」を読むと、うれしかった思い出を考えました。「くまのプーさん」の本は全然漢字を作らないから、とてもやさしいです。文法もやさしいと思います。子供の時、くまのプーさんが好きたったら、「くまのプーさん」を読んでください！
Winnie the Pooh is an adorable and beloved children’s book that does not use any kanji. If you loved Pooh Bear and friends as a child, I would highly recommend this book since you can practice Japanese while reading familiar childhood stories.
とてもきれいな本ですね！この本の中の絵は色がたくさんあって、とても美しいです。文がとても短くて、漢字があまりありません。とても簡単な本ですが、速く読んで、楽しい話だと思ういます。
This was a very enjoyable, though very easy, book. The pictures were pretty, especially in their use of color. The writing itself was very simple and easy to understand, and there wasn’t much in the way of kanji, difficult grammar or unfamiliar words. I’d recommend it.