German Short Stories For Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories To Learn German & Grow Your Vocabulary The Fun Way!

The stories are amusing, engaging & stimulating BUT! In the vocabulary session noun genders are omitted! How could the authors overlook such an important aspect! Especially if they claim that book focuses on grammar too! I guess one can always look the gender up. Maybe it is better to write it down in the book itself, so you will have a mini vocabulary section. Genders are crucial! I would like the authors take this into account. And one more thing - after each story you are supposed to answer the questions pertaining to the story you read. So, instead of a multiple choice, I would want just questions, so students have more opportunity to construct their own sentences, even if they are basic ones. Overall, the material is good.

I bought this after learning German informally for a year and while the stories are good the editing of this book is pretty disappointing. Each story has words highlighted throughout. You can then find their translations at the end of the story in the order of when you see them. Only you can most of the time. Some words are bolded but in almost every story translations are missing. Or the ordering suddenly changes with words at the start of the story added to the end. It's disappointingly sloppy and frustrating to use. Another proof-read before publication would have made the world of difference and would make it an excellent learning aid.

The first story contains outdated ideas about how a (married) couple relates to each other (she starts crying to get him to do the right stuff) and that put me off the book quite a bit initially. The summaries don't always seem to be in line with the stories. The rest of the stories seem to be alright.

Great book but needs a different title. Do not buy if you're a beginner. I'm a fluent German speaker and bought despite reviews - for an adult learning class I was setting up. It was a waste of money.

Educational.