Cover of Anna's Book, book 1

Anna's Book

With Anna’s Book, you read your first real book in a foreign language.

You choose the language you are learning and start reading in short, simple sentences. Over several volumes, the language grows with your knowledge, and Anna’s Book accompanies you until you can read ordinary literature for native speakers.

When you understand one page, you understand the next one too, and if you ever get stuck, the English translation is available under each paragraph.

Follow Anna as she grows up, and find your way into a new language with her.

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Cover of Anna's Book, book 1

Annas bok · Anna’s Book · Volume 1Norwegian with English translation

Text samples

Jeg heter Anna. Jeg er ti år gammel. Jeg bor med familien min i et hus. Huset har en hage. I hagen står et stort tre. Jeg liker treet.
I'm Anna. I'm ten years old. I live with my family in a house. The house has a garden. In the garden there is a big tree. I like the tree.
Vi har også en liten hund. Hunden heter Ozzy. Jeg liker Ozzy veldig godt. Han er veldig rask. Jeg leker ofte med hunden. Jeg kaster en ball, og Ozzy løper raskt etter den.
We also have a small dog. The dog's name is Ozzy. I like Ozzy very much. He is very fast. I often play with the dog. I throw a ball, and Ozzy runs after it quickly.
Han kommer ofte tilbake til meg med ballen. Noen ganger kommer han ikke tilbake med den. Da løper jeg gjennom hagen og leter etter ballen. Ozzy letter også etter ballen. Vi finner den, og Ozzy bjeffer.
He often brings the ball back to me. Sometimes he doesn't bring it back. Then I run through the garden and look for the ball. Ozzy looks for the ball too. We find it, and Ozzy barks.
Han er en klok hund. Noen ganger finner Ozzy ballen raskere enn jeg. Da bjeffer han. Da vet jeg: Ballen er der. Jeg løper til Ozzy og ser ballen. Så leker vi ofte sammen.
He is a clever dog. Sometimes Ozzy finds the ball faster than I do. Then he barks. Then I know: the ball is there. I run to Ozzy and see the ball. That is how we often play together.
Jeg har også en bror. Han heter Mats. Broren min er fjorten år gammel. Han er fire år äldre enn meg. Han er storebroren min. Mats leker også noen ganger med Ozzy.
I also have a brother. His name is Mats. My brother is fourteen years old. He is four years older than I am. He is my big brother. Mats sometimes plays with Ozzy too.
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