ERWC7 in Sapporo was a Great Success with around 400 attendees from around the world and an amazing array of presentations. Please see the ERWC7 site for more news with pictures https://erfoundation.org/erwc7/?page_id=296.
And now more news:
We would like to congratulate the winning publishers and authors of the books that received prizes in the 2025 Language Learner Literature Awards! The purpose of the awards is to encourage even better graded reading material as well as to help establish “language learner literature” as a valid and authentic genre of literature.
Very Young Learners
The Little Red Hen
Retold by Maria Cleary
Helbling
ISBN: 9783711402158
“I liked the red hen because the story was interesting and the pictures were cute and helpful to understand the story.”
Young Learners
Rumbledumble and the Storm
Jane Cadwallader
ELi srl
ISBN: 9788853643827
Adolescents and Adults: Beginner
The Rocket Book
Peter Newell
ELi srl
ISBN: 9788853643841
Adolescents and Adults: Elementary
The Drum
Michael Lacey Freeman
Michael Lacey Freeman
ISBN: 9781739445942
Adolescents and Adults: Intermediate
1984
George Orwell
Read Stories – Learn English
ISBN: 9781914600104
Adolescents and Adults: High Intermediate & Advanced
The Blue Castle
Adapted by: Raina Ruth Nakamura
Lucy Maud Montgomery
KISS Books
ISBN: 9798324150884
2025 LLL Award Finalists
Three anonymous judges in each of the six areas selected these Finalists. Now, teachers who have volunteered to read the books and share them with their students will send in their comments and votes by June 30, 2025. The “Winner” in each category were announced in September of 2025 at the Seventh World Congress on Extensive Reading in Sapporo, Japan.
