桃太郎

Momotaro, the Peach Boy — Japanese folk tale

The peach boy's story, retold from scratch as one long graded reader: it opens in absolute-beginner Japanese by a quiet river and grows chapter by chapter to B1. Oni raids, kibi-dango, three quarrelsome animal companions, and the storming of Onigashima — in Japanese you can actually read.

A1–B1 32 chapters 5,314 words Free

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Chapters

What level is Momotaro, the Peach Boy in Japanese?

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?

32 chapters and about 5,300 words in total, using roughly 600 different word forms.

Is it free?

Yes — this is a free book in the ReadNative app. You can also read the first 32 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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