Can you recommend a good learning book?
Hi guys .
I have no doubt this is a fascinating learning source for Spanish. But I would like to have a good book as well to learn more Spanish.
can you suggest some good books.
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My favorite tool is a bilingual Bible. Since I'm an avid Bible reader anyway and am very familiar with the text, it was a perfect thing for me to learn with.
There are also a number of "Easy Spanish Reader" books, the most common by William Tardy. It reads like an primary school reader at first, but gets better in the latter parts. It also includes a cd for listening comprehension.
One I like a lot better because of the quality of the writing is First Spanish Reader by Angel Flores. Amazon.com
Finally, I don't know how good it is, but here is a free reader: Link
Buena suerte.
....what i need is a self-learning book....
Have you seen the Practice Makes Perfect Workbooks? They are wonderful and affordable (around $7 each) at Amazon.com.
Some of the titles include, Basic Spanish, Spanish Grammar, Conjugating Verbs, Subjunctive, Prepositions, etc.
I highly recommend them to anyone who is a Beginner to Intermediate student of Spanish.
I managed to read Paulo Coelho with consummate ease after a week of classes and a little further practise, The Alchemist to be precise. His writing holds interest for many whilst not being complex. I know your question pertains to Spanish learning books but consider Coelho when you are after story books.
Cheers, Alex
I like children's books.
My favorites are the Pepita series and Había una Vez.
The Pepita series is about the growing up adventures of a little girl, and Había una Vez is more of an Aesop's Fables type of stories. Both are written in Spanish/English and are terrific for following the progressive tenses.
Years ago when I was first studying French, I would buy books that were completely out of my league....the book would last about two hours and that would be the end of that...I do recommend staying within your own level or it might become disheartening.
If you can read Don Quixote in Spanish, go for it: I know I am not able to yet...maybe tomorrow 
How about the following for beginner books:
The Everything Series & Spanish (All in One) for Dummies
and my personal favorite (supplemental studying):
1001 Pitfalls in Spanish - Marion P. Holt & Julianne Dueber
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all sound good, but none of them are for the beginners!
The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice book is about as good as it gets if you´re looking for an excellent grammar one. It has tons of practice pages, and all the answers are in the back of the book. Plus, it has different sections with newspaper articles from around the Spanish-speaking world so you can practice your reading comprehension.
Here´s the link to the book on Amazon; it costs $10 if you´re interested. I highly recommend it if you´re serious about learning Spanish.
Thanks for the comments. But what i need is a self-learning book. A book which helps you from the scratch, with all the skills you need: reading, writing, listening and grammar.
There are several types of books (such as cookbooks, textbooks on math and science, the Bible, or poetry) that are good for their intended purpose, but are poor choices for learnng English because of their unusual vocabulary and grammar, unless you want to learn about that particular subject--I would imagine the same is true of Spanish.
I would recommend contemporary literature written by a native Spanish speaker instead. You may spend a lot of time with the dictionary at first, but you will reap greater rewards in the end.
For the beginner: I started by enrolling in Spanish I at college, then I bought a dictionary and "Barron's 501 Spanish Verbs". Next is finding sites to move me along, some free like this site and some you pay for but not a lot The following are sites I use on a daily basis besides this one:
http://www.123teachme.com/ {free}
http://www.online-spanish-course.com/ {$6mo and so worth the price}
http://www.studyspanish.com/ {free unless you want extended words and testing, then you pay close to $10 per month, a little pricy but I pay for the site since I like the long tests}
Once you are past the 1 year learning cycle, there are some good books to recommend, but you are not there yet so one step at a time.
Ann said:
If you can read Don Quixote in Spanish, go for it: I know I am not able to yet.
There is a High Beginner / Intermediate version of Don Quixote that is quite manageable.
I also enjoyed the Harry Potter series in Spanish, especially the first book The Piedra Filosofal.
