Goosebumps. I often write about the benefits of easy fun reading. In fact, reading easy novels is the best way to improve your vocabulary.

If you can listen to audio books of the same novels,

you'll improve your speaking too.

The very best approach is to choose a series of novels.

By doing this, you get both the benefits of easy reading

and the benefits of narrow reading.

The same is true for audio books and listening. Members often email

and ask me, can you suggest a series of easy novels? So here are a few that I recommend. Goosebumps by R.L Stein. These are scary novels for children.

They are about monsters and mysteries and other fun stuff.

The reading level is at an intermediate level about a third or fourth grade level.

The Goosebumps series is a perfect one to start with.

In fact, I just started reading my first Goosebumps novel in Spanish.

And I have ordered many more from Amazon.com.

The Hardy Boys is a very old series. I read the books when I was

a kid. The novels are about two boys who are private

detectives. All of the stories are mysteries. Nancy Drew Drew novels are very similar to the Hardy Boys novels but are

targeted to a female

Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley High.

This is a very big series of romance books. The Sweet Valley kids books are the easiest and are written for children. The Sweet Valley High books are for high school level readers, but are not too difficult.

I recommend starting with the kids books and reading a lot of them. Of course, read them only if you like romance

novels. All of these series can be found on Amazon.com. I highly recommend reading a lot of them. Fun, easy reading is a great

supplement to my lessons.

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