Der Markt auf dem PlatzThe Market on the Square

A serial story in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, English, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese that grows with you, episode by episode. Free to read in the browser, each with a translation beside every paragraph.

A Christmas serial in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, English, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese, written for this library, with a translation beside every line. The Christmas market on St Nicholas Square has opened every December for fifty years. Two weeks before, it is cancelled: the old wooden huts are rotten, and nobody wants to sign for its safety. Karim, a London lawyer, comes home for one weekend with an offer for his father’s corner shop in his bag. Instead, his father puts his name on the market. Karim stays to stop him, then to help, and the council officer who has to say no to everything makes it harder to leave.

Ten episodes, written at level B2: one obstacle and one move in each, a race against the calendar, and a question about who wants the square empty. Read one a day through Advent. The same square and the same neighbours appear in the other Christmas series too, each at its own level, so the story grows with you.

• Der Markt auf dem Platz · German
• El mercadillo de la plaza · Spanish
• Le Marché de la place · French
• Il mercatino della piazza · Italian
• O mercado da praça · Portuguese
• The Market on the Square · English
• Η αγορά της πλατείας · Greek
• चौक का बाज़ार · Hindi
• Pasar di Alun-alun · Indonesian
• 広場のマーケット · Japanese
• 광장의 시장 · Korean
• De markt op het plein · Dutch
• Jarmark na placu · Polish
• Târgul din piață · Romanian
• Meydandaki Pazar · Turkish
• Phiên chợ trên quảng trường · Vietnamese
• 广场上的集市 · Chinese