Tabea Moses from Steinmühle is Marburg’s best story reader
Lisa Braun, a German teacher at Steinmühle, shared some great news: Tabea Moses from Class 6a at Steinmühle is Marburg’s best reader! This was the decision of the jury at the regional round of the 66th Reading Competition of the German Book Trade. The panel consisted of two booksellers, a linguist from Philipps University of Marburg, the artistic director of the Waggonhalle Marburg, an author, an employee of the city library, and last year’s city winner, Judith Ruff. Next up for Tabea is the district round, where she will represent the city of Marburg.
“You all did a fantastic job. You’ve read aloud in front of others time and again at your own schools, and now once again today here in front of a jury—that takes a lot of courage,” said Mayor and Head of the Youth and Schools Department Nadine Bernshausen during the Marburg city finals in the Building Authority Hall on Barfüßerstraße.
Clear pronunciation, varying speed and volume
The jury particularly liked about Tabea, “…how you gave the characters their own voices. Your pronunciation is clear and easy to understand. We were also impressed by how you vary both the speed and the volume to suit the story.”
“I like stories with suspense and a spooky vibe”
Tabea Moses chose a passage from Kaja Bergmann’s *Gabriel: Duel of the Angels* to read aloud: “What I like about the book is that it starts off slowly, so it’s easy to get into, and then it gets really exciting. I like stories with suspense, thrills, and mysteries,” said Tabea Moses. Tabea has been interested in books since kindergarten and would try to decipher the words because she wanted to know what they meant and what the story was about.
School libraries also encourage reading
As a child, she read a lot from a very early age, and as a teenager she rediscovered her love of reading through the school library, the reading competition, and her little sister, to whom she often read aloud.The photos (Stefanie Ingwersen/City of Marburg) show Tabea with her mother Katja Moses (left), her friend Amelie Michanikl (second from left) and Mayor Nadine Bernshausen (right), as well as in a group photo with the other contest participants.
