Hi, introducing myself. My name is Maeve and I have been learning Spanish for about 5 months. I live in Stockport, Cheshire. I love learning by the ’ Say Something in…’ way. I got to quite a high standard ( 1 exam down from GCSE Level) in Welsh last year. I did combine this with reading beginner’s fiction
books but am failing in finding anything suitable in Spanish!! If any one knows of any, I would be grateful for titles et.!!
Thank you.
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Hi Maeve, and a very warm welcome to the Spanish side of the site!
I’ve tended to look for Spanish versions of adult books I like more than beginners’ fiction per se - maybe you could look for books you’re familiar with on amazon.es?
Let us know how you get on with it 
Hi Aran,
Thanks for the welcome and taking the trouble to reply to me. Yes I agree with you that Adult books are better than beginners. When I was learning Welsh, the first fiction book I read was ‘Blodwen Jones’. That was fantastic and included some vocabulary in English at the bottom of every page. I just can’t find a Spanish book equivalent anywhere. I have purchased a little book of short stories in Spanish but alas, have found it just that bit too challenging for me!!
I will keep on looking. Also I am going to Lanzarote for 2 months soon so I will continue with my research in this matter there! At least I should be able to test my language skills!! Saludos, Maeve
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Hi Maeve,
I have found these graded readers very useful when I was learning French:
They have a good quality recording and some comprehension excercises at the end of each chapter.
Hope this helps!
Gaby
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Thank you so much. I will certainly look those up. They sound very intwresting
A very good series of graded fiction books is published by Ediciones SM, in the series “El Barco De Vapor.” The books
are colour-coded according to age group and reading level and tend to be aimed at readers between about 6 and 12 years of age.
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Thanks a lot for sharing that, David 
Thank you David. I will have a closer look at them.
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hi Maeve
have you looked at www.albalearning.com for fictional books because they have books and audiobooks and some have a method they call parallel text (i.e. spanish on the left page and english on the right) to compare while reading
saludos
Nick J
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Thank you Nick, that looks really interesting. I’m am in Lanzarote at the moment, been here for 7 weeks, 1 week left, but I will look at that site when I get back, it sounds really promising!
Thanks again, Maeve
hi Maeve
i forgot to mention in a previous post that albalearning has european and american classic books and the best part is it’s FREE
saludos
Nick J
Aun mejor! Muchas gracias!!
Bump this thread, I’m new to the SSiS. I have had good luck with the graded readers from Black Cat.
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Thanks for that. Have had a look at the site. Looks interesting . Thank you
I find gossip mags like “Hola!” really useful. You can get them on ipad etc. Good for simple colloquial Spanish. You get all the slang etc.
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Also, I have “El Pais” bookmarked on my browser. So everyday I click on an item that interests me and see how much I can pick up.
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Hello all,
The following site has lots of great activities for practising Spanish at all levels, using stories, podcasts, videos, grammar exercises…
Just come back from a fun week learning Spanish in Spain and the tutor there recommended it (esp. listening to songs)
Diolch SSiS for a great course - doing Level 1 and half of level 2 before going to Spain gave me a great boost beforehand!
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Thank you so much for that information. Sounds as if it could be fun!
That looks like a great share, Lynne - thank you! 
Hello everyone,
My name is Lara and I write fun spanish short story. I just publish one. It is about a very corrupted lawyer. There is the vocabulary sheet plus the exercises. You gen get it on Amazon. I hope you like it.
Cheers,
Lara