Johnny German & Friends - German short stories
Discover the World of Johnny German & Friends
Welcome to our library of German short stories following the adventures of Johnny German & Friends. As Johnny travels around Germany, Switzerland and Austria, he will reveal many interesting cultural facts about the places he visits, specialities and traditions.
Each story is based on a topic, which relates to the topics taught in schools, particularly linked closely to the UK curriculum for language learning. Practice reading aloud, listening, dictation, translation, vocabulary, comprehension and more!
Click on the images below to access the Johnny German & Friends stories and resources.
Topic – Introductions
Meet Johnny German and find out a little bit about him. This is a very bsic story to introduce our character.
Complete with Audio, Games, Comprehension exercises.
Topic – Greetings
Johnny German meets Nico in Constance and they go on an adventure around Lake Constance!
Discover the mountains, the lake and a few Southern German specialities, as well as consolidating your knowledge of the topic of “greetings”
Complete with audio, games and teaching resources.
Topic – Family & Friends
Johnny is in Cologne visiting his friends family. After enjoying some German hospitality, Johnny and the cousins Arne and Ole head into Cologne where things get a bit sticky!
Complete with audio, games and teaching resources.
Topic – Freetime
Johnny and Kato head to Munich to see the sights.
They discover some interesting free time activities in Munich and have a surprise at the Olympic stadium.
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – School
Johnny is Heidelberg at school for a few days.
He is tired from the early starts and always seems to get things little bit wrong, especially with the Maths teacher!
But Johnny’s day improves as he dreams about the possibilities life has to offer!
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Food & Drink
Johnny visits his friends Bernd in Hamburg.
They have a great time trying local specialities and seeing the sights.
They go out to listen to some music later on and the audience and Johnny get more than they bargained for!
Complete with audio and resources.
Topic – In the city
Johnny meets up with his good friend Tammo in Berlin.
The two boys have a great time in Germany’s capital, shopping, sightseeing and even help the police catch a theif!
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Shopping
In Freiburg Caro and Johnny have a lot of fun out shopping, taking photos and eating some lovely food.
They are on the lookout for a great souvenir and Freiburg has just the thing on offer, but Johnny’s clumsiness causes trouble again!
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Holidays
Johnny and his friends are in Austria for their winter holiday. Johnny is just learning to ski, so as you might imagine, things do to run too smoothly!
Learn about Austria and some specialities associated with winter sports.
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Health
Switzerland is a beautiful country and a great place to visit if you want some clean air and relax.
Johnny meets up with Adrian in Bern, but as usual all does not go to plan!
Complete with audio and resources.
Topic – Media
Johnny and Derek are in Mainz, to find out about media in Germany. Derek has a contact to the TV and radio stations, to get them behind the scenes.
Johnny takes his harmonica along and accidentally gets a taste of fame!
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Christmas
Johnny is meeting his friend Kato near Lake Constance for Christmas.
Johnny gets to experience the wonders of a traditional Christmas in South Germany, but will Santa Claus find him there?
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
Topic – Easter
Easter in Germany is great time. It is as if the whole country is turned into nice things to eat!
Johnny loves food and as we know from another story, he really likes chocolate.
When he meets up with friends in Frankfurt, all his dreams come true!
Complete with audio and teaching resources.
