Japanese Reading Ladders - Pets
Manga and Comic Essays
りっぱな犬になる方法 Rippa na inu ni naru hōhō by Call Number: UMass Todoku Level 4ISBN: 4652008619Publication Date: 理論社, 1992（Japanese modified from Amazon description): ある日いきなり犬になる、これはそんな人のために犬がおしえてくれたちゃんとした犬になる方法の本です. If one day you suddenly become a dog, this book was written for you by a dog on how to be a proper dog.
Picture Books
まさ夢いちじく Masa yume ichijiku by Call Number: UMass Tadoku Level 4ISBN: 4309262317Publication Date: 河出書房新社, 1994村上春樹で翻訳した。ビボットはパリに住んでいる歯科医で、とても意地悪な人です。ある日、おばあさんはビボットにまさ夢いちじくをあげます. Translated by Murakami Haruki. Bibot is a dentist who lives in Paris, but he is a very unkind person. One day, an old woman gives him some figs that she says will make his dreams come true.
Stories, Essays and Poetry
ハチ公物語 : 待ちつづけた犬 Hachikō monogatari : machitsuzuketa inu by Call Number: Smith CollegeISBN: 4062851032Publication Date: 講談社, 2009写真を使うハチの話の長いバージョン。 A long version of the story of Hachi that uses photographs.
