Reading Aloud Day 2021

A donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster want to go to Bremen to become town musicians.

Brothers Grimm: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

Sleeping Beauty is cursed by an evil fairy and falls into a deep sleep.

Brothers Grimm: Dornröschen

Four friends are looking for a new home and travel across the world to find it. In which country will they settle?

Mrs Maunder / class 4b: A place to call home

Also Written and Illustrated by: Authors: Simon, Leo, Berjin, Gurnoor, Ahana, Albert, Beatus

The parents of Luise Pogge, called Pünktchen, are rich but never have time for their daughter. They believe Pünktchen is safe in the care of Miss Andacht, the nanny. But is Miss Andacht really as harmless as she always pretends?

Erich Kästner: Pünktchen und Anton

One day, a strange boy appears in the lives of Hannes and his sister Tammi. His name is Salim and he doesn't speak a word of German. But the siblings don't care, because for them it's clear: friends don't have to speak the same language to understand each other.

Uticha Marmin: Mein Freund Salim

Pia always does her homework, never forgets to feed her hamster and always knows exactly which socks go together. But who wants to be perfect? When she fails to do something flawlessly for the first time, she learns that she doesn't have to be perfect to be happy.

Mark Pett/Gary Rubinstein/Daniela Kunkel: Pia muss nicht perfekt sein

Have you ever been annoyed? When something doesn't work out or a great date is cancelled? The worst thing is to be annoyed. But fortunately, no one is alone with their worries.

Dagmar Geisler: Wie ist das mit dem Ärgern?

Lotta is actually a completely normal girl. But ever since Mum gave Lotta an Indian recorder, strange things have suddenly started to happen...

Alice Panter Müller/Daniela Kohl: Mein Lotta-Leben: Alles voller Kaninchen

Ben's grandma is nice, but sooo boring! All she ever wants to do is play Scrabble and she smells like cabbage soup. But because his dance-crazy parents really want to see a dance show, Ben has to visit his grandma every Friday.

David Walliams: Gangsta-Oma

People have been fascinated by volcanoes since ancient times. How can you tell that an eruption is imminent? What other secrets do the fire breathers hold?

Sabrina Ließ/Julika Riegert: Die Feuerspucker: Lavaströme, Ascheregen und die Kraft der Vulkane

The little ghost lives in Eulenstein Castle and haunts every night at the witching hour. But his greatest wish is to see the world in daylight one day.

Otfried Preußler: Das kleine Gespenst

Sun, wind and cloudburst: we encounter weather always and everywhere. The weather influences how we feel, how we build our houses and what grows in our fields.

Karsten Schwanke: Was ist was: Das Wetter

Rowley decides to start a diary because his best friend Greg also keeps one and they usually always do the same thing.

Jeff Kinney: Ruperts Tagebuch - zu nett für diese Welt

When Starr's best friend is shot in front of her, events come to a head: Starr becomes the centre of public attention and comes under increasing pressure.

Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give

Ben's grandma has a secret: who would have thought that the old lady used to be a famous jewel thief?

David Walliams: Gangsta-Oma

When Arlo Finch moves with his family to a secluded village, he immediately notices that something is not right here. Together with his new friends Indra, Henry Wu and the rangers who know the place, he gets into an incredible adventure in the surrounding forests.

John August: Arlo Finch

In Uncle Hubert's garden grows a huge giant tomato. It grows and grows and grows. But what do you do with such a giant super tomato?

Elke Bräunling: Die riesig große Riesentomate

Little Dragon Coconut and his friends Matilda and Oskar see a real Viking land on Dragon Island.

Ingo Siegner: Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und die starken Wikinger

The gruffelo warns his child: the dark forest is dangerous, after all, the big, bad mouse lives there. But Gruffalo children are curious and so one night the Gruffalo child sets off into the forest.

Axel Scheffler/Julia Donaldson: Das Grüffelokind

The little scaredy-cat is afraid of the dark, of ghosts and of other animals. But when his friend Ulli is in danger, he overcomes his fear.

Elizabeth Shaw: Der kleine Angsthase

The siblings Hansel and Gretel get lost in the forest and fall into the clutches of an evil witch.

Brüder Grimm: Hänsel und Gretel

Emil Tischbein travels to Berlin alone for the first time to visit his grandmother and his cousin Pony Hütchen.

Erich Kästner: Emil und die Detektive

Emil travels to the station with his mother in the horse-drawn tram to continue his journey to Berlin.

Erich Kästner: Emil und die Detektive Kapitel 2

The badger tells Max what treasures he has found. But unfortunately he can't remember where it was. Max sets off in search of it.

Josef Guggenmos: Max und der Dachs

Helga is a little kitchen chair. She lives with her brothers, a dentist's chair, a stacking chair, a teaching chair and an opera chair, in a cosy kitchen and wants to become an ejector seat one day.

Karl- Heinz Käfer: Helga und die Windmühle

Kosmo and Klax perform acrobatic tricks with the ferret gang, worry about Horst the carp and crown the cone king.

Alexandra Helmig: Kosmo & Klax

Gudröd, the Viking who has landed on Dragon Island, sets off with Coconut, Matilda and Oskar on the trail of the other Vikings.

Ingo Siegner: Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und die starken Wikinger

The Vikings want to raid a village. But the little dragon Coconut has a plan.

Ingo Siegner: Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und die starken Wikinger

The Vikings are marching towards the village and are ready to attack. But the villagers put up a fight.

Ingo Siegner: Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und die starken Wikinger

The little elf Kirivi is captured by a bird of prey. But squirrel Tjum sets out on her trail.

Carl Lybeck: Latte Igel

The inhabitants of the forest discuss how they can save the little elf Kirivi from the clutches of the bird of prey.

Sebastian Lybeck: Latte Igel

Where is Latte Hedgehog? He must help the forest dwellers to save Kirivi. Squirrel Tjum goes on a search.

Carl Lybeck: Latte Igel

Henry, Bela and Ben go to the furniture store with their parents. But even the car journey is pure chaos.

Sarah Welk: Ich und meine Chaosbrüder – Alarmstufe Umzug (Teil 2)

Henry, Bela and Ben cause a lot of chaos in the furniture store. And then the move is imminent...

Sarah Welk: Ich und meine Chaosbrüder – Alarmstufe Umzug (Teil 2)

A ballad about love and that it means more in life than material goods.

Czech poem by Karel Erben

The tidy squirrel is sad: the woodpecker has devastated his whole house. But the squirrel had worked on it for so long! Why did the woodpecker do that?

Folktales from Romania: The Squirrel, the Woodpecker and the Sparrow

Anne and Philipp are amazed when they discover a tree house in the middle of the forest. When it turns out that they can travel back in time with it, an exciting adventure begins for the siblings.

Mary Pope Osborne: Der geheimnisvolle Ritter

The vain emperor has new clothes woven for a lot of money. He doesn't notice that he has fallen for the deception of two swindlers.

Hans Christian Andersen: Des Kaisers neue Kleider