Hippo started reading Great Japanese Stories by Jay Rubin
My parents found this dual Japanese/English short story collection at Bookworm (on Church Street, Bengaluru) and I'm using it to (finally) test the results of my Duolingo Japanese lessons.
The book is well laid-out, with the Japanese text on the right and its English translation on the left. It's a slow start, but I surprise myself by actually being able to comprehend half the Japanese, and match the rest when I refer to the English translation!