Hello everyone!

I won’t drag the post out too much since most of the info is already in the title, but I would love to hear some suggestions for some children’s books to help me develop comfort with, and vocabulary in Dutch.

In terms of my level with the language, I have been doing some Duolingo for over 3 years, but I really started learning and understanding rules and such a couple months ago when I started online lessons.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: A couple people suggested Annie M.G. Schmidt so I looked at the first book in the Jip en Janneke books, but it seems that its too advanced for my level. I’ll need to work my way up to that slowly. In the meantime, any suggestions for books aimed more towards 2-3 year olds? I feel like that would be more my current vocabulary level, and I can work my way up from there. Thanks

  • pro_user@lemmy.worldNederlands
    11·
    5 days ago

    Dutch books (for children) use the ‘AVI’ system to indicate the reading level. The system is structured: the higher the level, the more difficult the vocabulary in the book. The levels are:

    • avi s/start (learning to read)
    • avi m3 (reading level required in the middle of 3rd grade)
    • avi e3 (reading level required in the end of 3rd grade)
    • avi m4
    • avi e4
    • …
    • avi m7
    • avi e7
    • avi p/plus (reading level required in 8th grade, end of primary school)

    For comparison, this is what Avi start looks like, the left page is written on average e5 level.

    I don’t know if you are located in the Netherlands, if so, the libraries have dedicated sections for each of the Avi-levels, the librarians can show you where to find them. Also online you can find many lists of recommended books for each Avi level. Once you are comfortable with one level, move up to the next level until you have reached the end. By the time you are comfortable with e7 or plus, you can safely grab any other book you can find!

    • promitheas@programming.devOPNederlands
      3·
      4 days ago

      This seems exactly like what I need to start searching :)

      I’m currently not in the Netherlands, but I plan to relocate there permanently (hence why I am trying to learn the language) to hopefully work as an embedded software engineer since that industry is basically non-existent in my country. So basically I’m forced to find stuff online, or look for libraries here which may have Dutch books, but I doubt there will be any

      Edit: I also found this list, which I think could be helpful: https://www.dutch4beginners.com/dutch-reading-list-childrens-books