Graded readers for English?

Question

Graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for native speakers of the target language.

We have graded readers for many languages, like for German.

What are good (preferably free) online graded reader resources for English?

As suggested in comments, I looked on ELL, and I found only two suggestions, both closed questions:

• Tips for easy-to-read unabridged English fiction - promoting Wizard of Oz, local public libraries (unlikely, if English is L2) and project Guttenberg
• Improving reading skills - recommending "Start with books for a younger audience" - which are native young speakers, not L2 learners.

So obviously people on ELL know their English, but do not know how to learn it better. We do. :-)

Answer 1

I normally look for physical books or e-books when I look for graded readers, but there are a number of online resources that you can use.

News in Levels is a website with an Android App and a YouTube channel that provides news stories in three levels. According to the sites home page,

Level 1 has the 1000 most important words. Level 2 has the 2000 most important words, Level 3 has the 3000 most important words.

(A related site is Jokes in Levels, which also has a YouTube channnel, but the focus of these resources is listening practice, not reading.)

The website ESL Fast also has reading materials as various levels (six levels). The webpages also contain an audio version of the text (spoken in American English).

Answer 2

Also:

• Lit2Go - excellent resource of graded readers on various topics, all with audio.
• aj3000 - Teaching English blog with new material regularly added
• e-books (with audio in US English) - provided US Department of State as resource for teachers of English (thank you, US taxpayers)
• Voice of America has Learn English section with articles in 3 levels, with audio.