Learn Brazilian Portuguese
with an Immersive Story through a book series
Dive into captivating stories tailored for language learning, enhance your vocabulary and reinforce words with fun crosswords and exercises in a graded book.
Book 1 is designed for beginners and intermediate students (A1, A2, B1), however, intermediate and advanced students (B2, C1) can read book 1 as well! And start the story that continues with more vocabulary (B1, B2, C1) in books 2 and others. Check my Blog post about Book 2, from June 26, 2025, to understand where this is coming from.
Book series
Sombras do Passado

E-book and print version available!
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Sombras do Passado (beginner and intermediate)
Simplified graded Book 1 of the series Sombras do Passado, written mostly in the present tense, hence more adequate for CEFR levels A1, A2, B1, and B2, and C1: why not?
- Verbs mostly in the present tense
- Ideal for beginners
- Crosswords
- Questions and writing prompts
- Warm-up before reading a chapter – and keep reviewing vocabulary with flashcards
- Buy at Amazon or for Kindle, or read it with Kindle Unlimited
- Buy it here as e-book, paperback, or hardcover:
- USA: Amazon.com
- Germany: Amazon.de
- And many other countries!
- Search on the Amazon website from your country or on Kindle app from your phone or Kindle device for ‘learn Portuguese with immersive short stories sombras do passado’.
- Buy it here as e-book, paperback, or hardcover:
Sombras do Passado (intermediate and advanced)
Book 2 (less simplified than book 1) of the series for intermediate learners. Ideal for CEFR level A2, B1, B2, and C1: why not?
- Verbs in all tenses
- Ideal for intermediate learners
- Crosswords
- Questions, and writing prompts
- Warm-up before reading a chapter
- Study 10 minutes with Anki flashcards before reading
- Buy at Amazon or for Kindle, or read it with Kindle Unlimited

Crosswords are an excellent way to recall what you have learned
“Unlike other books with boring short stories, this one has something that makes me wait for the next book to know what Chico will do next!”
John