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HSK Storybooks

Level 1: 150 Words

HSK 1 Storybook - details

HSK 1 Storybook

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Features

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

❌ no traditional character version

Description 

This book consists of 15 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 1 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 170 pages

  • 368 unique words

  • 215 unique characters

  • 7,240 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 1 Storybook Vol 2 - details

HSK 1 Storybook Vol 2

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Features

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

❌ no traditional character version

Description 

This book consists of 12 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles.This book includes all of the HSK 1 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 198 pages

  • 414 unique words

  • 239 unique characters

  • 7,580 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 1 Storybook Vol 3

HSK 1 Storybook Vol 3 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 1 - HSK 1 Storybook

Features

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

❌ no traditional character version

Description 

This book consists of 10 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 1 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 198 pages

  • 403 unique words

  • 229 unique characters

  • 7,860 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

Level 2: 300 Words

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 1

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 1 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 2 - HSK 2 Storybook Vol 1.jpg

Features

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

❌ no traditional character version

Description 

This book consists of 10 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 2 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 156 pages

  • 608 unique words

  • 392 unique characters

  • 7,750 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 2

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 2 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 2 - HSK 2 Storybook

Features

❌ no traditional character version

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

Description 

This book consists of 7 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 2 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 156 pages

  • 650 unique words

  • 426 unique characters

  • 8,120 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 3

HSK 2 Storybook Vol 3 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 2 - HSK 2 Storybook

Features

❌ no traditional character version

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

Description 

This book consists of 5 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 2 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 152 pages

  • 633 unique words

  • 420 unique characters

  • 7,600 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

Level 3: 600 Words

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 1

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 1 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 3 - HSK 3 Storybook

Features

❌ no traditional character version

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

Description 

This book consists of 5 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 3 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 154 pages

  • 842 unique words

  • 596 unique characters

  • 7,620 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 2

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 2 - details
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HSK Storybooks - HSK 3 - HSK 3 Storybook

Features

Features

❌ no traditional character version

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

Description 

This book consists of 5 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 3 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 160 pages

  • 881 unique words

  • 623 unique characters

  • 8,110 total characters

Can I Read This?

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 3

HSK 3 Storybook Vol 3 - details
HSK Storybooks - HSK 3 - HSK 3 Storybook

Features

❌ no traditional character version

✔️ mp3s available to download

✔️ paperback or Kindle e-book

✔️ glossary for new words

✔️ pinyin transcription

✔️ English translation

✔️ characters-only sections

Description 

This book consists of 5 short stories written in Simplified Chinese and pinyin. The purpose of this book is to provide readers with reading materials to practice their reading skills as well as an introduction to more extended sentence structure and longer articles. This book includes all of the HSK 3 vocabulary items and the stories are mostly limited to these words, with a limited number of new words introduced specifically to tell these stories.

Content

  • 158 pages

  • 1,052 unique words

  • 641 unique characters

  • 10,450 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

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