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Hänsel und Gretel

Hansel and Gretel — after the Brothers Grimm

The Grimms' Hansel and Gretel, retold as one graded German novel: it opens in absolute-beginner A1 German and quietly grows until, by the last chapters, you are reading a real fairy tale in its classic storybook voice. Famine, white pebbles, a house made of bread, a witch — and Gretel, who learns to act.

A1–B1 30 chapters 5,954 words Free
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Chapters

  1. Kapitel 1: Das Haus am Waldread online
  2. Kapitel 2: Der Hungerread online
  3. Kapitel 3: Die Stimmen in der Nachtread online
  4. Kapitel 4: Die weißen Steineread online
  5. Kapitel 5: Der Weg in den Waldread online
  6. Kapitel 6: Allein im Waldread online
  7. Kapitel 7: Der Mondread online
  8. Kapitel 8: Wieder zu Hauseread online
  9. Kapitel 9: Noch einmalread online
  10. Kapitel 10: Die Tür ist zuread online
  11. Kapitel 11: Das letzte Brotread online
  12. Kapitel 12: Die Krumenread online
  13. Kapitel 13: Die Vögelread online
  14. Kapitel 14: Tief im Waldread online
  15. Kapitel 15: Der weiße Vogelread online
  16. Kapitel 16: Das Haus aus Brotread online
  17. Kapitel 17: Die Alteread online
  18. Kapitel 18: Der kleine Stallread online
  19. Kapitel 19: Das Knöchleinread online
  20. Kapitel 20: Gretel wächstread online
  21. Kapitel 21: „Fett oder mager!“read online
  22. Kapitel 22: Der große Ofenread online
  23. Kapitel 23: Der Stoßread online
  24. Kapitel 24: Perlen und Edelsteineread online
  25. Kapitel 25: Das große Wasserread online
  26. Kapitel 26: Das Entchenread online
  27. Kapitel 27: Der bekannte Wegread online
  28. Kapitel 28: Der Vaterread online
  29. Kapitel 29: Das Erzählenread online
  30. Kapitel 30: Es war einmalread online
What level is Hansel and Gretel in German?

It starts at A1 and climbs gradually to B1. Each chapter introduces a little new vocabulary, so you're always reading just above your comfort zone.

How long is it?

30 chapters and about 6,000 words in total, using roughly 750 different word forms.

Is it free?

Yes — this is a free book in the ReadNative app. You can also read the first 30 chapters right here in your browser.

Does it have audio?

Not yet. You can read it with tap-to-translate and sentence translations; narration is currently available on the Chinese books.

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