STORIES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Engage your students or yourself with comprehensible input novels designed for language acquisition through story. Discover multilingual language learning books written by an independent CI novel author trusted by teachers worldwide.

Comprehensible Input Novels

ABOUT ME...

I began writing books years ago when I found that I needed another way to keep students engaged with the Spanish language, but with vocabulary, grammar and sentence structures that were at their level. It started with La chica nueva, an entry level book in Spanish for students of all ages and has blossomed into a small library of books now in Spanish, French, English, Italian and German. I am inspired by people that I meet and their stories, and in each book I aim to present social issues to discuss as well as embedded culture. It is my hope that greater awareness of different cultures will only lead to realizations of similar we really all are.

To further learn the why behind my writing, have a listen to the conversation I had with Patti Diener on her podcast, "A Beautiful Second Act."

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Spanish Level 1 Books & Materials

French Level 1 Books & Materials

English Level 1 Books & Materials

German Level 1 Books & Materials

Italian Level 1 Books & Materials

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

"I finished Los tres amigos last night. It tore me up. I'll have to go back and re-read to think about level and vocabulary -- I didn't even pay attention. I thought about the story and how much I related to it. This is as much a book for the girl whose boyfriend breaks up with her (everyone) as a book about a boy who comes out. For girls -- we've all been the girl with the guy friend who turned out to be gay. It's really good. It's culture in a way that makes it the background of everything... I will be thinking about this book for a long time.... mostly that I didn't think there was an audience for books like this and now I know I was wrong and I couldn't be happier. Jennifer Degenhardt -- you are a groundbreaker and I hope a lot of the rest of us follow the path you've beaten."

Karen Rowan, Colorado

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