Adaptations of Aesop's fables, fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm, folk tales, and short stories from Japan and abroad. Also includes nonfiction works on Japanese travel and biographies of Japanese historical personages.
Level 0. Nyūmon (350 vocabulary words per level, 400 characters per booklet) -- Level 1. Shokyū zenhan (350 vocabulary words per level, 400-1500 characters per booklet) -- Level 2. Shokyō kōhan (500 vocabulary words per level, 1500-3000 characters per booklet) -- Level 3. Shō-Chūkyū (800 vocabulary words per level, 2500-6000 characters per booklet) -- Level 4. Chūkyū (1300 vocabulary words per level, 5000-15000 characters per booklet) -- Level 5. Chū-Jōkyū (2000 vocabulary words per level, 8000-25000 characters per booklet).