Spring Again, and Summer: Easy-to-Read Korean Novel

by Lee-Anne Davis, Sung-Ju Kim, Hyo-sun Kang (Illustrator)

Are you looking for an easy-to-read (otherwise known as graded reader) to start you off in your Korean-language reading journey?

Our first book, Spring Again, and Summer Part One brings you into a new world of characters and their stories that are available for you to follow along entirely in Korean.

About this book

The first instalment in the series called the Korean Classic Reader adapts one of Jane Austen's less known novels, Northanger Abbey, following a high schooler who transitions to university. The thing is protagonist, Jo Seo-ha has never left her hometown before. Although she has friends with her, she has to learn to experience life away from home. So how does she do it?

Spring Again, and Summer Part One [봄은 다시, 여름으로 첫 번째]

제 1 장 - 내가 사는 동네
제 2 장 - 마지막 학년
제 3 장 - 새 도시
제 4 장 - 대학 생활
제 5 장 - 밤 생활
제 6 장 - 취미 생활
제 7 장 - 냉면
제 8 장 - 여행
제 9 장 - 치맥 축제
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Who is this book for?

We have designed a road map for you to have a clear direction when reading our books. This book is level one.It is for upper beginner or pre-intermediate learners (A2)Children over the age of 12, young adults, adultsSomeone who has a keen interest in reading entirely in Korean
Tell me about the features and what you can get from this bookThis book uses grammar and vocabulary from textbooks that are suitable for your levelIt has illustrations, discussion questions, footnotes, glossary, and grammar list to help you read through this book without is using a dictionaryIt is an easy-to-read Korean story to improve your reading entirely in KoreanYou can read a fun, short, story set in modern-day KoreaYou can start and finish a book in a short timeThere are lots of white spaces to make notes onYou can feel relieved because you can read at your level instead of waiting until you are an advanced level
What about audio?

When you learn any language, you have to hear it so you can make sure you are saying/reading it correctly. All our books come with audio. You can instantly access and download all the accompanying audio files directly from our official website. No need to look for a link in the book—simply visit our site to get your audio assets and learn more about our adaptation.

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This is the printed edition of the graded reader + audiobook.

Product Details
Paper 120 pages
Product 127 * 188 * 6.22 mm
Book 200g

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117 pages, Paperback

Published August 30, 2022

Reviews

[Annika Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book to read, would definitely recommend it to beginners or if you want to refresh some daily vocab. As an intermediate learner, I could follow the story easily, and am still kinda intrigued where the second part will take us.

[Kerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun little book and great for advanced beginner. I felt like the story was a bit odd but I guess it’s because they wanted it to be beginner friendly. Reading this will definitely boost you Language learning confidence

[Mai]

I read this book to practice my Korean and it serves the purpose well. I don't know if the plot is based on the work of Jane Eyre right but I can understand it easily. The plot is kinda vague so I can't give much review about it. 3⭐ for the language studying purpose.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for upper level beginners. There aren’t many reading options for learners at this level, so I was very happy to find this series of books. The story felt a little choppy, but that’s to be expected with simple grammar. Overall it held my interest and I was able to understand the story well. The story also comes with audio which was nice to listen to after I finished each chapter.

[angela☀️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

graded reader! the story is kinda odd at times but this was perfect for my level (A2ish). it's also the only graded reader i've found so far that is a long, chaptered story instead of short passages. i enjoyed it.