Elementary stories
Original Brazilian Portuguese stories written for this level, with comprehension questions.
Short stories
20 original stories written for this level, each with a comprehension check.
Férias em Jericoacoara
Juliana plans the perfect week on the coast of Ceará, and almost everything goes wrong.
A mangueira de Pirenópolis
A man remembers the July vacations of his childhood in a small town in Goiás, and goes back twenty years later.
A entrevista de emprego
While she waits for a job interview in Curitiba, Bianca helps a stranger with a broken printer.
Um recifense em Porto Alegre
Tiago moves from Recife to Porto Alegre and finds the South cold in more ways than one.
Açaí com peixe
Vanessa from São Paulo orders açaí in Belém and gets something she didn't expect.
Perdido em Olinda
During Carnaval in Olinda, Marcos loses his friends in the crowd and his phone dies.
A quadrilha de Campina Grande
A week before the festa junina dance competition, Pedro loses his dance partner.
Chuva na padaria
A busy bank manager in São Paulo gets caught in a summer storm on his way to an important meeting.
Doutor Internet
Felipe wakes up with a pain in his foot, reads about it online and is sure he's seriously ill.
A foto da feira
At an antiques market in São Paulo, Ana finds an old photo of a young woman who looks just like her.
O primeiro encontro
Gabriel and Fernanda meet on a dating app, and each one plans a first date around the other's favorite hobby.
O atalho
Three friends drive from São Paulo to Florianópolis, and one of them finds a shortcut on the GPS.
A moqueca do vô Dito
After her grandfather dies, Isadora tries to cook his famous moqueca from his old recipe notebook.
A noite sem luz
In Natal, the power goes out ten minutes before the last episode of a telenovela, and only one house still has light.
A visita surpresa
On a lazy Friday night in Recife, Larissa and Henrique find out that his mother is on her way up.
O cachorro carteiro
Every morning in Florianópolis, a dog leaves an envelope with a mysterious note at Débora's door.
O bolão
An office in Goiânia thinks it has won the lottery, and everyone celebrates in their own way.
Rede no barco
Vítor takes a riverboat from Manaus to the Parintins festival, but he arrives late to hang his hammock.
Número errado
A widower in Fortaleza gets a text message meant for someone else, about a little girl's birthday cake.
O papagaio da dona Cida
In a small town in Bahia, a prize-winning cake disappears from the church fair, and a talkative parrot may know something.