A Snayle Industries imprint

Immersive language
learning materials
for every level.

Snayle Press develops graded fiction, educator resources, and supplementary learning materials for language learners and the institutions that teach them. Our materials place learners inside the language — not outside looking in.

Our series

"Most graded materials feel like what they are: pedagogical tools dressed as fiction. Snayle Press develops materials that are genuinely worth reading — and that happen to teach."

Original content. Multiple levels. Digital and physical formats. Built for the classroom from the ground up.

What we publish
01
Graded fiction series
Original novels written from scratch at CEFR proficiency levels — not simplified, not translated. Real characters, real cities, real dialogue. Serialised in instalments to sustain engagement across a course.
02
Educator resources
Classroom materials built around each series — comprehension frameworks, discussion guides, vocabulary activities, cultural context notes, and assessment tools for language instructors at every level.
03
Multiple formats
All titles available as ebooks and paperbacks. Audio, workbook, and supplementary digital formats in development. Institutional licensing available for schools, universities, and language programmes.
Current series
Spanish — Available now
Un semestre en la
Ciudad de México
A Semester In — Spanish Series
Maya Torres arrives in Mexico City from San Francisco with three pages of lists and a Spanish textbook from 2019. Over the course of a semester she navigates a new language, three very different roommates, and a city that refuses to be read like a guidebook. Three titles published, with more in development.
Explore the series
LevelCEFR B1
Titles published3
FormatEbook & paperback
Chapters per title8 — 12
Classroom materialsIncluded
French — In development
Un semestre
à Paris
A Semester In — French Series
The same world, a different city. Zoe arrives at Sciences Po with expectations shaped by films and a French textbook. Paris has its own ideas. Coming soon.
LevelCEFR B1
StatusIn development
FormatEbook & paperback
Our approach
Philosophy

Written for
the language.

The standard approach to graded readers is to take existing literary works and simplify them — cutting vocabulary, shortening sentences, removing complexity until they fit a proficiency level. The result reads like a reduction.

Snayle Press develops materials that meet learners where they are and give them something genuinely worth engaging with. Every title is written from scratch in the target language. The proficiency level is the brief, not the limitation.

I
Original, not simplified Every title written from scratch in the target language. No translations, no reductions, no compromises on authenticity.
II
Cultural depth Language learning is cultural learning. Every title includes extended cultural notes written for learners, not assumed as prior knowledge.
III
Serialised for momentum Short instalments structured to sustain engagement across a course. Each part ends with a reason to read the next.
IV
Classroom ready Comprehension questions, vocabulary glossaries, and cultural notes in every title. Extended teacher guides available on request.
For educators

Built for the
classroom.

Snayle Press titles are designed as supplementary reading for language courses at secondary and post-secondary level. Each title ships with classroom-ready materials. Institutional pricing, bulk licensing, and curriculum integration support available.

Get in touch:

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Comprehension questionsFour questions per chapter — factual, inferential, and analytical — structured for discussion or assessment.
02
Cultural notesExtended notes on cultural context written for learners — not assumed knowledge, not footnotes.
03
Vocabulary glossaryRegional vocabulary and idiomatic expressions defined in context across every title.
04
Teacher guidesExtended classroom guides available on request — discussion frameworks, activities, and answer keys.