Reading material: Bam&Kero
One of the biggest problems encountered by beginner Japanese learners is the lack of easy to read texts. Yes, there are tons of dialogues and short stories in the Japanese textbooks but they aren’t particularly interesting, or even authentic. I therefore decided to review some of the more interesting free reading I’ve encountered during my study.
Bam&Kero (バムとケロ) by Yuka Shimada is a picture book series immensely popular in Japan, the main protagonists being a dog (or is it a dog??) called Bam and his frog friend Kero (ケロケロ in Japanese is analogous to the English ribbit—the sound of croaking of frogs).
These may not be the most interesting stories out there…
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