Japanese Graded Readers - StartThis is a great set of 8 mini books, from popular Japanese language tool publishers Ask, to help beginner students learn how to read Japanese and pick up some essential vocabulary. Each book tells a different story through the use of manga, with either dialogue or a basic narrative in Japanese. Most of the Japanese is in hiragana, but any kanji introduced also has furigana above it. This means that you can build your confidence reading hiragana, plus