Nihongo flipbooks

These books gradually introduce students to hiragana and katakana using simple familiar words.

Click on the images below to start reading the digital books, and then on the book title at the bottom right of the page to proceed to the next book.  Select the purple button to explore teacher’s notes, including printable books and colouring activities.

Bilingual flipbook series use a combination of familiar Japanese phrases and expressions, illustrations and English narration to tell the story. These books are suitable for students who have mastered Hiragana.

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Bumbuku Chagama

Omusubi Kororin

Taketori Monogatari

Sarukani Gassen

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Nihon no Haru

Tsuyu

Nihon no Natsu

Nihon no Aki

Nihon no Fuyu

Sakura

Sekai no Sakura

This resource, suitable for secondary students, is a semi-biographical picture book based on the life of Jō Takasuka who influenced rice cultivation in Australia during the early 1900s.  Explore the story of Jō Takasuka deeper with supplementary worksheets.

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Japanese rice farmer

        in Australia

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Reading activities & strategies