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

O livro da Anna · Anna’s Book · Volume 1Portuguese with English translation

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Eu sou Anna. Tenho dez anos. Moro com a minha família em uma casa. A casa tem um jardim. No jardim há uma grande árvore. Eu gosto da árvore.
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.
Também temos um cachorro pequeno. O cachorro se chama Ozzy. Eu gosto muito do Ozzy. Ele é muito rápido. Brinco muitas vezes com o cachorro. Jogo uma bola, e Ozzy corre rapidamente atrás.
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.
Ele muitas vezes me traz a bola de volta. Às vezes não a traz de volta. Então corro pelo jardim e procuro a bola. Ozzy também procura a bola. Nós a encontramos, e Ozzy late.
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.
Ele é um cachorro inteligente. Às vezes Ozzy encontra a bola mais rápido do que eu. Então ele late. Então eu sei: a bola está ali. Corro até Ozzy e vejo a bola. É assim que muitas vezes brincamos juntos.
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.
Também tenho um irmão. Ele se chama Mats. Meu irmão tem quatorze anos. Ele tem quatro anos a mais do que eu. É meu irmão mais velho. Mats também brinca às vezes com 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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