The Lese-Kicker 2022 is on its way – After the shortlist for this year’s Lese-Kicker was announced in September, we are now embarking on a big stadium tour.
In ten soccer stadiums across Germany, a shortlisted author will read from their soccer book to interested school classes.
Whether Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg or Berlin – Lese-Kicker 2022 is going on tour across Germany.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022: Kick-off event at the Eintracht Museum
At the kick-off event at the Eintracht Museum in Frankfurt, we welcomed numerous guests, including Matthias Knöß, nominee in the youth book category with “Fussball findet auch im Kopf statt 2” and Harald Kiesel, publisher of “360 Grad”.
Our guests’ readings were followed with great interest by two of our school classes, whose pupils are taking part in Lese-Kicker 2022.
Tuesday, November 1, 2022: Frankfurt, Eintracht Museum, Deutsche Bank Park
Author Jola Bilko kicked off the lecture series, which begins in November, with his children’s soccer book “ICH.BALL!”.
In the book, the reader takes on the perspective of the ball and gets to know its relationship to the game of soccer, to its best friends Maximilian (8) and Mia (10) and to its family.
Jola Bilko describes the story from the ball’s perspective in a humorous, entertaining and exciting way.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022: St. Pauli, Millerntorstadion
The author Ocke Bandixen introduced many interested primary school children from the
3rd and
4th grade children his children’s book “Tim’s Secret Soccer Diary”.
In this children’s book series for boys and girls aged 9 and up, a big challenge awaits soccer coach Tim and his friends.
Tim’s secret diary will play an important role – because the next strong opponent with the dreaded Pudding Bomber is already waiting.
Thursday, November 3, 2022: Bochum, Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Sven Voss has also been nominated for the Lese-Kicker with his book “Fußball-Stars: 40 Idole und ihre Geschichten” (Emf Verlag) and gave the children exclusive insights into the book and his everyday life as a sports presenter as part of the stadium reading.
In his book, he conveys special and inspiring life stories of great soccer stars in an age-appropriate way.
Afterwards, the children and young people peppered the author with numerous fascinating questions.
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Monday, November 7, 2022: Mainz, MEWA Arena
As part of the Lese-Kicker 2022 stadium tour, our “Fußball trifft Kultur” program groups were given an exciting look behind the scenes – both of the stadium and of the book “Fußball! Mein krasses Tagebuch” by Heiko Wolz. In the MEWA Arena of 1. FSV Mainz 05, the author explained what his latest soccer book is about and why the book is particularly suitable for soccer fans for whom soccer means just as much as its protagonist Anton.
Thursday, November 10, 2022: Düsseldorf, Merkur Spiel-Arena
In the stadium stands of Fortuna Düsseldorf, some of our FtK children had the opportunity to follow “Die Wilden Kerle ” author Joachim Masannek live at a stadium reading about his book “Die Wilden Kerle Band 5 ¾ – Juli und der geheime Joker”, which was nominated for the Lesekicker 2022.
The author also gave interesting insights into the creation of his popular book series.
It was an exciting experience for all participants, as the latest volume once again promises plenty of suspense: Juli gets to know the mysterious girl Nadezhda and uncovers an incredible secret…
Monday, November 14, 2022: Berlin, Alte Försterei
The Lese-Kicker stadium tour also visited 1. FC Union Berlin at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei.
Here, author Martina Wildner presented her book “Der Himmel über dem Platz”.
It is about a young soccer player’s big dream.
Jolanda has to overcome various obstacles and fight numerous battles on her way to becoming the best soccer player in the world: whether it’s training with the boys’ team or overcoming her self-doubt.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022: Braunschweig, Eintracht Stadium
Author Birgit Hasselbusch presented her latest soccer book “Hallo, hej und Marhaba – Freundschaftsspiel mit Doppelpass” to our FtK kids from Diesterwegstraße elementary school – a story about the integrative power of soccer and how it brings children from different backgrounds together.
The reading took place in the press room of Eintracht Braunschweig’s stadium – a special atmosphere with enthusiastic children who took part in the reading with a lot of fun and interest.
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Thursday, December 1, 2022: Mönchengladbach, Borussia Park
Fortunately, author Irene Margil was also a guest on our Lese-Kicker stadium tour.
In the stadium box at Borussia Park, she gave a reading of her book “Fussball-Profi: Fußball, Champions und Europa”, which inspired our listeners – the FtK kids from Mönchengladbach – to read on.
The program also included a Q&A session with the author and exciting behind-the-scenes insights for the children – a very special experience for all participants.
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The nominations and readings in the children’s book category:
- Joachim Masannek: Wilde Kerle Volume 5 ¾ – Juli and the secret joker (360 degrees)
- Jola Bilko, Peter Großmann: Me ball – New game.
New luck (360 degrees) - Heiko Wolz, Zapf: Soccer – My crass diary (Carlsen)
- Ocke Bandixen, Dominik Rupp: Tim’s secret soccer diary – Elf Freunde und ich (Loewe)
- Birgit Hasselbusch: Hallo, hej und Marhaba – Friendship game with double pass (Thienemann-Esslinger)
The nominations and readings in the Youth Book category:
- Martina Wildner: The sky above the square (Beltz & Gelberg)
- Irene Margil, Andreas Schlüter: Professional Footballer – Football, Champions and Europe (Carlsen)
- Matthias Knöß: Football also takes place in the mind 2 (Econ)
- Sven Voss: Football stars – 40 idols and their stories (EMF)
- Jonas Kozinowski: WAS IST WAS – Soccer (Tessloff)
The Lese-Kicker is awarded to the most appealing children’s and youth book in terms of idea, linguistic implementation and graphic design that best succeeds in inspiring people to read about soccer. As part of a Germany-wide reading promotion campaign that accompanies the “Lese-Kicker”, the books are also judged by 100 school classes from all over Germany.
This means that the Lese-Kicker is not just an award ceremony, but a nationwide reading promotion project in which the children of the participating schools are encouraged to read and engage intensively with the books with the help of teaching materials tailored to the books.
You can find out more about Lese-Kicker 2022 here.
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