Angelica: the child of reading records. She read 212 books in just one year.

She went to choose them with her mother in the library of Bassano del Grappa, in Veneto. "We hope it's a contagious passion," says her mother.

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Angelica, a little girl who reads 200 books a year

Two hundred and twelve books in a year would be a great record for an adult, but if it's a child reading them then the feat becomes epic.. The “heroine” of this story is Angelica, an avid reader from a town of three thousand inhabitants on the outskirts of Bassano del Grappa, in Veneto. From the stories of animals as for those about magic, he reads really everything, even if for the moment his favorite volumes are "still" the ones with pictures. And to think that in the country where he lives, according to the 2015 Istat report, 9,1 percent of families do not have even one child at home. book.

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Angelica, who has now turned 12, has developed a passion and intense habit of reading books that began several years ago. Initially, she would borrow books from the library one at a time, then she moved on to requesting ten at a time, especially during school holidays. And so, in the blink of an eye, she reached the extraordinary figure of 212 books in a single year. A passion that has also been supported by the library itself which has decided to donate some volumes, in the hope that the enthusiasm for reading, as well as for frequenting public cultural spaces, will be preserved over time.The mother, explaining her daughter's great desire to read, said: "She simply has this passion that we try to support in the most natural way possible. Angelica is not a nerd. She does a lot sportShe spends time with her friends like all little girls. Books are among her favorite playmates, and that can only make us happy. She doesn't go to bed without reading a little. We hope this passion continues and that his story can bring other children closer to reading.".

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