The Pieces Press

The Pieces Press episodes

April 20 Momotaro, the Peach Boy
A boy came from a peach, and grew strong enough to save his village from ogres.
Issue 49 · A2 reading · The Pieces Press
Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/momotaro-the-peach-boy
2 min
April 20 The Morning in My Garden
The cat knows the first sun before I do. She is a good teacher.
Issue 48 · A1 reading · The Pieces Press
Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/the-morning-in-my-garden
1 min
April 20 The Memory of Trees
Wood remembers fire and famine in its rings the way a body remembers fever in its bones.
Issue 44 · B2 reading · The Pieces Press
Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/the-memory-of-trees
2 min
April 20 Why Tokyo Sounds Like Tokyo
The city has its own grammar of sound—jingle bells, train chimes, the soft cough of a vending machine waking up.
Issue 45 · B1 reading · The Pieces Press
Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/why-tokyo-sounds-like-tokyo
2 min
April 20 A Small Garden in a Big City
On the rooftop, three tomato plants are the whole farm. Their season is short. Their tenants are loud.
Issue 41 · A2 reading · The Pieces Press
Read, mark words, and ask the annotator AI: https://piecespress.com/read/a-small-garden-in-a-big-city
1 min

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Short pieces, narrated weekly, for readers of English. AI-narrated readings of pieces commissioned by readers, A1 through C2.