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the children's books approach never really works. because unless you're a child then it's not going to match to your actual pace of learning. you won't really learn anything. I experienced that myself and read somewhere just as much that, that was the problem. generally you're going to want something simpler but you don't want to go at THAT pace of slowness. you'll not have any fun, not learn anything and think it's your fault. middle school level with furigana is always the place to start yourself with any reading in most languages.
but I'd say just go for all the german fairy tale ones you can think of and search for the simplest Japanese counter-parts you can find for them if you're really looking for that stuff. and look through other stuff that author has worked on.
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