Becoming fluent in German: 150 Short Stories

Very short stories in increasing difficulty make this a fun time! The author includes access to online audio files to help with listening skills, and helps you with your pronunciation.

This book helped me improve upon my German immensely! The short stories are great for improving your ability to read German in real life situations. All the stories are relatable and are easy to understand. At the end of each story, there is a list of vocabulary words that you may not have known. There is also questions at the end of each story that relate to what you just read so that you can make sure to understood everything. This book has helped me improve my German in indescribable ways! Would def recommend reading! 10/10!

I like these books by Philipp Eich, great vocabulary, very helpful and economical. Excellent recordings. Fun short stories !

So far, the stories themselves look better than other beginner's German books I've read; they're simple enough for beginners (as the cover suggest, level A2), but complex enough that it doesn't look like a children's book in disguise. The first stories give you a bigger word list to reference to if you don't know the meaning of a word or phrase, and as you progress that word list gets shorter, so I assume the author reinforces these words through some repetition, though I can't confirm. In the texts they write out a number as well as putting the numerical version in parentheses, like this: vier (4); this is especially important since not all learners know their numbers, and oftentimes I've seen other books only use the numerical form. However, the downside is the formatting. You have the short story up top (basically just a paragraph), questions directly below, and then the word list below the questions. It's not very visually pleasing, and I personally find it better to have these on the other side of the page or at the end of a chapter so I can try using context clues and/or comparing it to English then checking on how accurate I was. The questions are all in German, which is a plus, and having them below the story isn't a huge deal. There also aren't any pictures (which also isn't a big deal, but some people do like them for assistance). The size of the book also would've been better smaller, as the size it is now leaves a bunch of white space at the bottom of the page. Maybe you could add your own doodles or make some notes, who knows.Overall, the book is worth a read if you're just starting out, so don't let the formatting get in the way if you're picky like me.

Arrived on time. Good way to practice German. Stories are some what interesting. But no competition. 👍👍😊😊

I'm using this product to help me piece together in my memory how to construct questions, responses and reminders. The stories are very short, consumable and helpful and inspiring. The author, writer did an amazing job with them and the helpful questions and approach to make you figure out the meaning on your own but be able to check some of the words with helpful, accurate translations. You won't want to put this book down so make notes and review them often.

I’ve been working on my German for a bit, and this has been my favorite way to learn! There are stories to read and vocab below the stories for reference. I highly recommend it to anyone who is working on their German

I like the stories and included questions and vocab lists. There is a wide variety of topics. I am disappointed in the typos. Sie and Ihnen aren't capitalized in the stories I've read and there are occasional other grammar errors, such as verb endings.