City library Worms: Lale Mebert wins exciting reading competition!

City library Worms: Lale Mebert wins exciting reading competition!

On February 19, an exciting reading competition took place in the Worms city library, which put the reading engagement of young students in the foreground. Six talented students from Worms competed against each other to win the title of the city winner and to secure the opportunity to represent the city in the district and country decision. All participants already brought experience in reading in front of a jury.

The jury made up of well-known personalities: Martin Wilms from the city mission, last year's winner Jule Nitzschke, Beate Harthausen from the Alpha-Buchhandlung Worms and Annika Sinner, editor of the Wormser Zeitung. Reading technology, text design and the understanding of text of the young readers were assessed. The event was organized by Wenke Zeibe, the head of the children's and youth library, which was positive about the performance of the participants.

the city winner and its award

With an impressive performance, Lale Mebert was able to inspire the jury and was named city winner. It was particularly noticeable through her liquid reading and her successful text design. Educational director Waldemar Herder presented her a certificate and a prize as recognition for her performance.

This event is not just a local tradition, but part of a larger framework. The reading competition has been carried out by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandel since 1959 to promote children's reading and reading skills. As part of this competition, there are also regional and nationwide decisions in which the school winners from all over Germany can take part.

results at the state level

in Hesse was chosen as the winner as part of the 65th reading competition Maximilian Christoph Hofmann from the comprehensive school in Hüttenberg. The state decision in Hesse was organized in Frankfurt, in cooperation with Sparda-Bank Hessen eG. In Rhineland-Palatinate, Léni Falkenstein from the Otto-Schott-Gymnasium in Mainz won the title and was recently even voted the Federal Championships in Berlin. This happened in the summer after he took part in the state decision in the school of last year's winner.

in Saarland, Morena Caldara was crowned the winner from the high school on Stefansberg in Merzig. The state decision in Saarland took place organizationally in the forum of the Saarbrücker Zeitung. All readers received a certificate and book prices, while the three winners were invited to the federal final, which takes place from June 17th to 19th in Berlin during the major final event.

A total of almost 7,000 school winners from all over Germany took part in the competitions this year, and the regional rounds of the first stage started at the end of January. The children were invited by local organizers and the event details are available on the official website of the reading competition. Further information on the dates and the participating schools are also available to continue to promote reading promotion.

It becomes clear that events like this not only promote reading skills, but also offer valuable experiences for the participating children. They are not only in competition, but also grow through the challenges and recognition in their reading art.

For more information about the reading competition and the local events, the website of the reading competition