Thematic aspects: outsiders, friendship, being in love, school. Literary aspects: direct speech, open ending, internal and external action. "Reading - Understanding - Learning" offers teaching materials for action- and production-oriented literature education in primary and secondary schools. Each edition is developed by experienced teachers and includes detailed text analyses, a "method box" with a variety of ideas for teaching, ready-to-use photocopiable templates, the connection between reading promotion and literary learning, as well as methodological alignment with educational standards. For literature education that enhances reading motivation, broadens world knowledge, and supports students' identity development.