Let's Learn Hiragana - Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura

This was the first book I bought to help me with hiragana, and it worked a treat. Good pacing, helpful examples and plentiful practice opportunuities - highly recommended.
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Let's Learn Katakana - Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura

The sister volume to Let's Learn Hiragana, this again is an extremely useful book with plenty of examples and writing practice. Also highly recommended.
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Kana Cards - Barry J DeMillion

A set of flashcards, ring bound for easy and rapid memory drilling. They fit in your pocket and can be shuffled into any order depending on your learning preference. Revise on the train - reclaim the lost time of the rush hour. I made my own, actually, but if you're lazy and want a professionally done set, these are your babies.
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