Emma Wilhelm from the Nebelthau-Gymnasium: State winner in reading!

Emma Wilhelm from the Nebelthau-Gymnasium: State winner in reading!

The reading pleasure is noticeable in Bremen! Emma Wilhelm, a talented sixth grader from the Nebelthau-Gymnasium, has won the state decision of the reading competition of the German book trade and is now represented by Bremen at the federal final in Berlin. The warm final took place in the cozy crime library of the Bremen city library, where it prevailed as one of ten best readers from Bremen and Bremerhaven and thus led the Nebelthau-Gymnasium to a state winner for the first time, like das-blv.de reported.

Emma showed her skills in the first round and read from "The 13? ½ life of the Captain Blaubär" by Walter Moers. Her lively reading technique was not only impressed by the audience, but also the jury, which included children's book author Anna Lott and Professor Hans Brügelmann. In the unprepared part, Emma read an unknown text from "The Swift - an excellent crime", with its security and the high level of the readers. Volker Petri, Managing Director of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandel, congratulated Emma on her remarkable victory and the organizer Barbara Hüchting was enthusiastic about the event.

The federal final and the background of the competition

The Federal Final in Berlin takes place from June 23 to 25, 2025 and is transferred to both Kika and in the ARD media library. It is an important event at which 16 national winners compete against each other. Emma continues to have big plans: she later wants to work as a synchronous spokeswoman or actress, which only underlines her enthusiasm for reading aloud.

The reading competition, which was co -founded in 1959 by Erich Kästner, has developed into one of the largest school competitions in Germany over the years. Around 600,000 children from around 7,000 schools take part annually. reading competition.de emphasizes that the competition is aimed at strengthening children's reading skills and promoting love for books. The focus is not only on competition, but also the participation and the joy of reading.

According to the statistics, 550,000 children have already participated in the last, 65th edition of the competition, which was launched under a similar motto for promoting reading. Overall, the reading competition is seen as an excellent platform to strengthen self -confidence, presence and communication skills.

Bremen recently won the federal victory in the reading competition in 1989. The anticipation for the upcoming federal final in Berlin is great and shows that the reading culture in the Hanseatic city is still very popular. Emma Wilhelm has achieved a lot with her victory and we keep our fingers crossed for the final!