Stock Photo - 17 November 2023, Saxony, Stolpen: Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony, sits with the book ""Mein Freund Otto, das wilde Leben und ich"" (My friend Otto, the wild life and me) in front of primary school pupils in year 4 as part of the nationwide Read Aloud Day at Basaltus Primary School. The nationwide Read Aloud Day was launched in 2004 by the weekly newspaper ""Die Zeit"", the Reading Foundation and Deutsche Bahn. It aims to awaken enthusiasm for reading and reading aloud and to bring children into contact with the written and narrated word at an early age. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa. - Stolpen/Saxony/Germany