Chapter Backpack library in Greece

WHAT IS A BACKPACK LIBRARY?

The backpack library is a mobile library with books for children and young people that can be used in German lessons in a variety of ways. At the Goethe-Institut Athen one backpack is available for primary education teachers and another one for secondary education teachers.
This initiative is aimed at providing children and young people with an exceptionally motivating way of accessing the German language and the world of their peers, their everyday lives, their interests, conflicts and fantasies through literary texts written for them.

The backpack library presents German books for children and young people that can be borrowed and used in German lessons. All books are distinguished by their aesthetic quality, thematic relevance to the country and linguistic accessibility. Many of the selected titles have been awarded or nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize. In addition, there are versions specially adapted for the lesson German as a foreign language.

WHO IS THE BACKPACK LIBRARY SUITABLE FOR?

For German teachers in Greece who want to introduce their students to German literature for children and young people.

HOW TO BORROW THE BACKPACK LIBRARY?

Simply download the rental form, fill it out, and send it by E-mail or fax to the Goethe-Institut Athen: bk-athen@goethe.de