Penguin Readers Level 4: What You Are Looking For Is In The Library - Abridged Edition

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read . In this story, Sayuri Komachi is a librarian who recommends books and gives gifts to people. She helps them find what they are really looking for in life. The books and gifts are special for each person. They show them that life might not always be easy, but it can still be wonderful. Our Penguin Readers books include: Simple text (CEFR-levelled) Pictures to help you understand the story Fun exercises to help you learn and practise English With the print book, you can get even more help online : Read the book online Listen to the book being read out loud Get lesson plans for teachers Find answers to check your understanding Note: online resources not available with the eBook.

About the author

Michiko Aoyama is from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. She is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Michiko Aoyama
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 09.04.2026
• EAN: 9780241753965
• ISBN: 978-0-241-75396-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Readers
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > German; Japan, English, JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Literary, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Magical Realism, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years, Designed for home learning, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, ELT Literature & Fiction Readers