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Read the original. Understand every word.

In an interlinear book, every word is glossed in English directly beneath the original: no glossaries, no flashcards, no losing your place. We publish hand-glossed classics, fables and scripture as paperbacks and Kindle ebooks on Amazon.

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Real pages, every language.

Actual interior pages from the paperbacks: the original above, an English gloss beneath every word. Tap any one to read a few pages.

Every word translated beneath the original, so vocabulary sticks while you simply read.

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Forty-seven editions, thirteen languages.

Hand-glossed classics, fables, scripture and vocabulary, plus bilingual fairy tales for children, printed on demand by Amazon.

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Cover of 1000 Most Common French Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear French–English edition1000 Most Common French WordsVocabulary BuilderFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The 1000 Most Common German Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear German–English editionThe 1000 Most Common German WordsVocabulary BuilderDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The 1000 Most Common Spanish Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Spanish–English editionThe 1000 Most Common Spanish WordsVocabulary BuilderESPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The 1000 Most Common Chinese Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Chinese–English editionThe 1000 Most Common Chinese WordsVocabulary BuilderZHPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The 1000 Most Common Italian Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Italian–English editionThe 1000 Most Common Italian WordsVocabulary BuilderITPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Russian Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Russian–English edition1000 Most Common Russian WordsVocabulary BuilderRUPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Turkish Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Turkish–English edition1000 Most Common Turkish WordsVocabulary BuilderTRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Polish Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Polish–English edition1000 Most Common Polish WordsVocabulary BuilderPLPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Portuguese Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Portuguese–English edition1000 Most Common Portuguese WordsVocabulary BuilderPTPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Dutch Words (Frequency Vocabulary Reader), an interlinear Dutch–English edition1000 Most Common Dutch WordsFrequency Vocabulary ReaderNLPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of 1000 Most Common Indonesian Words (Vocabulary Builder), an interlinear Indonesian–English edition1000 Most Common Indonesian WordsVocabulary BuilderIDPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Miniglot (Small Conversations in Five Languages), a five-language conversation book with EnglishMiniglotSmall Conversations in Five LanguagesMLPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Lessing's Fables (The German Reader), an interlinear German–English editionLessing's FablesG. E. LessingDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Grimms' Fairy Tales (The German Reader), an interlinear German–English editionGrimms' Fairy TalesBrothers GrimmDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis), an interlinear German–English editionDie VerwandlungFranz KafkaDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The Adventures of Pinocchio (The Italian Reader), an interlinear Italian–English editionThe Adventures of PinocchioCarlo CollodiITPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (The French Reader), an interlinear French–English editionArsène Lupin, Gentleman BurglarMaurice LeblancFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Selected Short Stories (The French Reader), an interlinear French–English editionSelected Short StoriesGuy de MaupassantFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Contes de Grimm (Classic Fairy Tales), an interlinear French–English editionContes de GrimmBrothers GrimmFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Fables of La Fontaine (Volume 1), an interlinear French–English editionFables of La FontaineJean de La FontaineFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Candide (The French Reader), an interlinear French–English editionCandideVoltaireFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Don Quijote (Volume 1), an interlinear Spanish–English editionDon QuijoteMiguel de CervantesESPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Samaniego's Fables (The Spanish Reader), an interlinear Spanish–English editionSamaniego's FablesFélix María de SamaniegoESPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Cuentos de la selva (Jungle Tales), an interlinear Spanish–English editionCuentos de la selvaHoracio QuirogaESPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Cuentos de Grimm (Classic Fairy Tales), an interlinear Spanish–English editionCuentos de GrimmBrothers GrimmESPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Chekhov Short Stories (The Russian Reader), an interlinear Russian–English editionChekhov Short StoriesAnton ChekhovRUPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Gogol Short Stories (The Russian Reader), a Russian–English parallel text with word-by-word glossesGogol Short StoriesNikolai GogolRUPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of The Tales of Belkin (The Russian Reader), a Russian–English parallel text with word-by-word glossesThe Tales of BelkinAlexander PushkinRUPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of German Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear German–English editionGerman ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Spanish Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Spanish–English editionSpanish ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesESPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of French Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear French–English editionFrench ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesFRPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Italian Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Italian–English editionItalian ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesITPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Russian Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Russian–English editionRussian ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesRUPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Portuguese Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Portuguese–English editionPortuguese ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesPTPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Chinese Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Chinese–English editionChinese ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesZHPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy on Amazon
Cover of Japanese Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Japanese–English editionJapanese ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesJPPaperback & KindleBuy on Amazon
Cover of Latin Reader (Essential Biblical Stories), an interlinear Latin–English editionLatin ReaderEssential Biblical StoriesLAPaperbackAbout this editionBuy paperback
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Twenty-Six Fairy Tales in French and English), a French and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeGrimm · Perrault · AndersenFRPaperback, Kindle & hardcoverAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Twenty-Six Fairy Tales in German and English), a German and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeGrimm · Perrault · AndersenDEPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Ten Fairy Tales in Italian and English), an Italian and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeGrimm · PerraultITPaperback & KindleBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Thirteen Fairy Tales in Spanish and English), a Spanish and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeBrothers GrimmESPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Twenty Stories in Russian and English), a Russian and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeLeo TolstoyRUPaperback & KindleBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Twenty Fables and Legends in Chinese and English), a Chinese and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeTwenty Fables and Legends in Chinese and EnglishZHPaperback, Kindle & hardcoverBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Eighteen Bible Stories in French and English), a French and English mirror book for childrenBilingual BedtimeEighteen Bible Stories in French and EnglishFRPaperback & KindleBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Thirty-Five French Songs for Children), a French songbook for children with English lyricsBilingual BedtimeTraditionalFRPaperback, Kindle & hardcoverAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Thirty-Seven German Songs for Children), a German songbook for children with English lyricsBilingual BedtimeTraditionalDEPaperback, Kindle & hardcoverAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
Cover of Bilingual Bedtime (Twenty-Six Russian Songs for Children), a Russian songbook for children with English lyricsBilingual BedtimeTraditionalRUPaperback & KindleAbout this editionBuy paperbackBuy Kindle
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