On Monday, May 15, 2017, the final event of the reading season of this year’s school year was held at the gym. We were visited by writer Majda Koren. Her convincing presentation attracted young readers’ attention. We learned what the storywriter needs to write his or her work, we listened to stories about Mica’s monster, wrote a postcard to our headmaster, and gave praise to students who participated in the project.

At the beginning of the school year, pupils received reading cards with titles of books that they should read alone, together or with their parents, teachers. During class visits to the school library, together with a teacher, through the school year, pupils could tell stories – for some, the challenge is self-narration, for others using paintings, sometimes the class prepares a performance with puppets … For their hard work they get  a sticker, which is very important for them.

When a mental disorder is so great that the student can not narrate a story, then the literary world is presented to them differently – the book as a medium,  emphasis on the pictorial material , the place on the book shelf … The book develops the competences of autonomy, conversation, respectful attitude … The art word is then based on soundness, experiencing reading, comfort, positive experience …

It seems to me that you must have something in side of you to be drawn into the literary world. Sometimes, however, the scale of reasons and events will not convince anyone that a book could become ones best friend.

Mateja Medvešek Rjavec