easy reading books in hiragana

[Yoshiko]

I have some Spanish and Italian 'easy reading' books. On the back it says how many words you have to know and if there are additional words, it's explained. There are different levels. Most books are based upon 'real' literature. Some even start with a knowledge of 200 words.
Does anybody know if and where I can find this kind of books, using kana? (I can imagine, for higher levels, kanji are added.)
On the internet I found children's stories, but they don't only use basic words.
Or is teddybear a basic word?

[Jordi]

yoshikoさん　you might want to take a look at this website, it's pretty basic http://botsan.com/ just click the links on the bottom

[Yoshiko]

I know that website, i think there is a thread about it. Thanks anyway
These links on the bottom, what are they about, because they go to not-understandable pages for me. One seems to be about furniture.

[Garyuchin]

Basic words would almost certainly include teddy-bear (approaching "basic" from the "familiar words" angle) but it doesn't figure in JoyouKanji year 1 word list. I have found making flash cards a very useful tool. Picture on one side, word on the other, using low cost business card sheets for the cards. Just making the cards fixes about 1/3 of the total in memory even before they get to be used.

As to "easy reading" books using kana. Kana only is by no means easy to read: there are just too many possible mis-interpretations.