My First Kanji Book includes a total of 200 kanji. Each kanji includes an illustration with some resemblance to the character and a brief text to help memorize it. Each of the kanji includes only one reading, therefore, My First Kanji Book is not a study book, but informative material about Japanese kanji.
The book has been written and designed by Bret Mayer, the first American to pass the first level of the Kanken exam in 2012 and a professor of Kanji at Ritsumeikan University.