Spanish books for beginners

We know how important reading is for language acquisition, but the input can’t just be comprehensible, it also needs to be compelling!

It can be SO hard to find books for novices that are level appropriate and interesting to them. Today I’m going to share 12 of my favorite books for your exploratory and Spanish 1 students. Let’s chat Spanish books for beginners!

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Spanish Books for Beginners

Before I share the list, I wanted to note that these are in no particular order.

Spanish books for beginners

Some of them I have shared in my Books for Spanish Language Learners playlist on Youtube, so if you’d like a closer look inside any of them, you can check that out here!

12 Spanish Books and Novels for Novices

Spanish Books for Beginners from Craig Klein Dexemple

These books are just so good for beginners!

I love the little illustrations for tons of visual support. Both La piñata de Renata and El rató