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Well, there's a lot of stuff in the ふたごの魔法つかい series, which I'd recommend to anyone as a good place to start reading. Really easy with limited vocabulary, but they all tell good fantasy adventure stories.
Specifically I'd like to recommend 風と火の国. These books are written for kids in the lower levels of primary school but I don't think I've ever read a book for that age group about genocide before. It's seriously not a happy story - well worth reading especially if you're finding your options for that reading level stuff filled with rainbows and fairies.
The other ふたごの魔法つかい books aren't quite that hardcore but they're all serious stories rather than fluff. 人魚のうた is creepy, 銀のつばさ is trippy. Most of them read like an epic fantasy adventure story but slimmed down to the essentials.
らくだい魔女 is another series worth checking out. It is fluff though, but I like to fill in between more serious and difficult stories with something that's familiar and doesn't involve too much thought. I wouldn't say it's for very beginners - it's a bit too free with the vocabulary.
Basically, if you want a fun, well-paced adventure story without a whole lot of depth, this is a good place to look.
I really liked 夜の学校. I'm a big fan of fantasy where there's just one magic thing that's changed and how that affects things. Here the magical thing is a world-swapping lighthouse in the middle of a grassy field sending the protagonist to night school. Not sure I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone, but if you like 'children's fantasy' as a genre it's pretty good.
Some more cool books:
Well, there's a lot of stuff in the ふたごの魔法つかい series, which I'd recommend to anyone as a good place to start reading. Really easy with limited vocabulary, but they all tell good fantasy adventure stories.
Specifically I'd like to recommend 風と火の国. These books are written for kids in the lower levels of primary school but I don't think I've ever read a book for that age group about genocide before. It's seriously not a happy story - well worth reading especially if you're finding your options for that reading level stuff filled with rainbows and fairies.
The other ふたごの魔法つかい books aren't quite that hardcore but they're all serious stories rather than fluff. 人魚のうた is creepy, 銀のつばさ is trippy. Most of them read like an epic fantasy adventure story but slimmed down to the essentials.
らくだい魔女 is another series worth checking out. It is fluff though, but I like to fill in between more serious and difficult stories with something that's familiar and doesn't involve too much thought. I wouldn't say it's for very beginners - it's a bit too free with the vocabulary.
Basically, if you want a fun, well-paced adventure story without a whole lot of depth, this is a good place to look.
I really liked 夜の学校. I'm a big fan of fantasy where there's just one magic thing that's changed and how that affects things. Here the magical thing is a world-swapping lighthouse in the middle of a grassy field sending the protagonist to night school. Not sure I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone, but if you like 'children's fantasy' as a genre it's pretty good.