“Shared Reading speaks your Language” - German Shared Reading Day 2025

18 November 2025

Photo: Gert Albrecht für DIE ZEIT, Stiftung Lesen, Deutsche Bahn Stiftung

This year's German Shared Reading Day will take place on November 21 under the motto “Shared Reading speaks your Language.” The initiative aims to highlight the unifying power of shared reading and show that every language and every voice counts. Let's use our voices and read together!

Click here to go to the official website of the German Shared Reading Day: Link

If you're still looking for a suitable book, you'll find it in the Global Digital Library. As part of the Global Book Alliance, the digital library wants to provide more reading material in underserved languages. Whether it's video books in Kenyan sign language or first reader books in Bahasa Indonesian, the digital library offers numerous stories. Click here to visit the Global Digital Library: Link

We would like to recommend a children's book from the Global Digital Library: „Making Tormo for the Festival“ by Buddha Yonjan Lama: Link

Lots of fun reading together!