In the US the use of extensive reading in Latin for school students to develop vocabulary growth and attain reading fluency is an emerging classroom practice. To meet the demand for resources, a small but growing number of teachers have started to make available self-published short Latin stories or ‘novellas’, designed to provide students with extensive reading material in Latin at an age-appropriate level for novice and intermediate level students. There are now over 100 such short books, written in Latin, on a variety of topics, suitable for beginner and intermediate students (typically of between one and two years taught Latin). This article contains three areas of interest: the rationale, challenges and successes of writing and using these resources in the school classroom; a snapshot survey of a range of publications, to give readers a ‘flavour’ of the materials; and some further reading.

在美国，学生使用拉丁语泛读来增加词汇量和提高阅读流利度是一种新兴的课堂实践。为了满足对资源的需求，少数但越来越多的教师开始提供自行出版的拉丁语短篇小说或“中篇小说”，旨在为学生提供适合初学者和中级水平的广泛的拉丁语阅读材料水平的学生。现在有 100 多本这样的短书，用拉丁文写成，涉及各种主题，适合初学者和中级学生（通常在一年到两年的拉丁语教学中）。本文包含三个感兴趣的领域：在学校课堂上编写和使用这些资源的基本原理、挑战和成功；对一系列出版物的快照调查，给读者一种材料的“味道”；和一些进一步的阅读。