The winners of the district competition, organized by the district youth welfare office in cooperation with the Ludwigsburg district education region, were
In the Ludwigsburg-West region:
Winner: Laura Knagge, Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium, Gerlingen, book: "Hinter verzauberten Fenstern" by Cornelia Funke
2nd place: Leander Max, Friedrich-Abel-Gymnasium, Vaihingen, book: "Mein Freund Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
2nd place: Sophia Brückner, Lichtenstern-Gymnasium, Sachsenheim, book: "Gangsta Oma" by David Williams
In the Ludwigsburg-Süd region:
Winner: Sarah Schäfer, Gymnasium Korntal-Münchingen, book: "The King of Narnia" by Clive Staples Lewis
2nd place: Luise Ulmer, Friedrich-List-Gymnasium, Asperg, book: "Ella in den Ferien" by Timo Parvela
2nd place: Romy Kauer, Goethe-Gymnasium, Ludwigsburg, book: "Vortex" by Anna Benning
In the Ludwigsburg-North region:
Winner: Leni Scholz, Gymnasium Oscar-Paret-Schule, Freiberg a. N., book: "Grüner wird's nicht - der Sommer, in dem ich die Welt rettete" by William Sutcliffe
2nd place: Lena Höger, Anne-Frank-Realschule, Marbach, book: "The worst class in the world" by Juma Kliebenstein
2nd place: Anna Kaßelkus, Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, Marbach, book: "Chickpeas with chocolate" by Jana Frey
The winners of the district final will go on to the regional final. The national final with the 16 state winners will take place on June 19 in Berlin at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb).
Competition aims to strengthen children's reading skills
With around 600,000 participants every year, the reading competition, which was launched in 1959, is one of the oldest and largest school reading competitions in Germany.
The competition aims to spread enthusiasm for books to the public, strengthen children's reading skills and thus help them to broaden their horizons, understand social changes and develop an openness to new things. At www.vorlesewettbewerb.de/der-wettbewerb/buchempfehlungen, the Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung also publishes curated reading tips on numerous topics - even beyond the well-known children's book classics.
The reading competition is organized by the Book Culture and Reading Promotion Foundation of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association and is held under the patronage of the Federal President.
Federal President. The Education and Social Foundation of Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, Sparda-Bank Hessen, Gewinn-Sparverein der Sparda-Bank München e. V. and Sparda-Bank Hamburg sponsor the decisions at district level. The media partner is rbb.
The current status of the 65th reading competition as well as all information, dates and participating schools can be found at www.vorlesewettbewerb.de.
