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Fittja, Botkyrka
Reading aloud on Thursdays
For nine years Gunilla has read to children she is not related to. She says she gets more than she gives.
Person
Gunilla, age 68
Role
Volunteer, reads aloud
Told in
Swedish
Published
2024 · 6 min read
I retired and got restless. The library was looking for someone to read aloud one hour a week.
”You do not need to know every word to understand a story. The children taught me that.”
The first time two children came. Now we are around fifteen, and some parents stay and listen, though they say they are only waiting.
We read in Swedish, but the children explain to each other in their own languages when something gets difficult. Nobody decided it should work that way. It just did.