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De kleine Johannes (B2)

Little Johannes in easy Dutch

Frederik van Eeden

Read Little Johannes (De kleine Johannes) by Frederik van Eeden in easier Dutch: a free CEFR B2 graded reader to download as an EPUB. A boy leaves his garden with the elf Windekind, learns the language of animals and flowers, and then has to face the human world and its questions. Every chapter of the Dutch classic is here, close to van Eeden's own wording, in modern spelling with a glossary after each chapter; a few passages about the children's first love are reduced. Lezen in het Nederlands voor gevorderden (NT2), niveau B2: De kleine Johannes in hedendaagse spelling en duidelijke taal, gratis als EPUB.

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