Includes Audio CD. Beginners rejoice! Here's the first book in a new four-volume Japanese language learning series, starting at beginner level and continuing through the AP Japanese exam's level of language competency. With an engaging time-travel adventure storyline, manga-style story pages and a free web-based multimedia resource,Tuttle Beginning Japanesewas written by Japanese language teachers specifically to graband maintainthe interest of the learner. The narrative story follows the life of Kiara, who has just moved to Tokyo as an exchange student. Kiara, Ben and Kenichi get caught in a storm and end up in Tomo's time machine, through which they visit firsthand various historical and famous events, places and people. These historical and cultural experiences are made even more real for the learner through dialogues, images and CD-ROM audio and video files.