CEFR A1
A1 English books for beginner readers
Very short sentences and everyday words. Fables and fairy tales, retold so you can finish one in a sitting. At this level a sentence has 8 words on average, and a typical book about 2,000 words.
The Lion and the Mouse and Other Fables
Aesop · A1
The Emperor's New Clothes and Other Tales
Hans Christian Andersen · A1
The Fox and the Grapes and Other Fables
Aesop · A1
The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales
Joseph Jacobs · A1
The Elves and the Shoemaker and Other Tales
Brothers Grimm · A1
Little Red Riding Hood and Mother Holle
Brothers Grimm · A1
The Romance of a Busy Broker
O. Henry · A1
The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Animal Tales
Norwegian folk tales, tr. George Webbe Dasent · A1
The Owl and the Pussy-cat and Other Nonsense Songs
Edward Lear · A1
Nasreddin Hodja
Turkish folk tales, tr. George Borrow · A1
Old Tales from Japan
Japanese folk tales, tr. A. B. Mitford · A1
Indian Animal Fables
Indian folk tales, coll. Joseph Jacobs · A1
Why Stories from Nigeria
Nigerian folk tales, coll. Elphinstone Dayrell · A1
Greek Myths: Midas, Icarus and Other Stories
Josephine Preston Peabody · A1