Fruit Crime Story

A crime had taken place. A dangerous piece of fruit was on the loose. All the juicy suspects had been rounded up and taken to the police station… Follow this thrilling story as an Aomori Apple witness tries to pick the criminal fruit from a police lineup.

This story teaches colours and fruit. The witness gradually helps eliminate colours of the criminal and then a selection of fruit gradually walk free from the lineup, until the culprit is identified. Who is the Abunai Fruit?

With free access to a bilingual audio book and hiragana chart bookmark, this picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4).

With free access to a bilingual audiobook and hiragana chart bookmark to assist with decoding, this 36 page picture book has been written for primary aged beginners of Japanese, (ideally Foundation to Year 2 Strand of the Australian Curriculum but can also be used for beginners in Year 3 and 4). (See specific Content Descriptions below).

Each colourful page is presented in hiragana only until the end of the story. Once the story is complete, there are easily identifiable white pages with the English meaning, clearly linked to the matching kanji page number, so that children are able to refer to this page when they are unsure of meaning as they go. This story also works well as a role play.

The book is generously sized at 20.6cm by 20.6 cm making it easy to hold and images and words clear and easy to see. Printed locally in Australia on quality paper, this book has been made to last in a classroom, library or home with long term use in mind.