A friend of mine is a shopping agent for Japanese products. He can be found on ebay: 11211121iori useful for those of you who would like to buy stuff from Japan but haven't mastered the lingo yet! or for buying from a website that doesn't ship overseas. Also great for acess to Japanese books...i sometimes read childrens books in Japanese! You can request any product from Japan.
Also, just bought the workbook kanji 300 learning Kanji through stories. Its a beginner workbook focusing on level 3/4 of J Language prof test. ISBN: 978 4 87424 402 9. i found it easy to use and fun!