From today the digital library eVivlio of Ministry of Education, which offers free access to 20 literary works in audio format via the evivlio.gov.gr website and Android and iOS apps.

This initiative is part of the 11 + 1 major changes announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair 2024 to improve the educational process in schools across the country.

In particular, in all grades, from kindergarten to grade 3 Lykeio, the reading of entire literary works by leading Greek/Greek and foreign authors, as well as the Homeric epics (Odyssey) is introduced instead of individual extracts as was done until now. Listening to or reading these works offers students a more meaningful connection with the text, expands their imagination and further cultivates their critical thinking and love of books. The recordings of all the works are original and were made especially for the application of the Ministry of National Defence, with the valuable and selfless assistance of well-known Greek artists.

In eVivlio, in the first phase, 20 literary books are being introduced, which are available from today on the platform, while they will be distributed in printed form to school units, so that students have both options. The books have been selected on the basis of their pedagogical value and also on the basis of the absence of copyright on their authors. This fact allows for their immediate availability to students and teachers alike.

At the same time, the process of information and training of teachers regarding the ways of utilization and use of printed books and the new digital library will be developed in order to enrich the learning process.

The available books posted on the eVivlio platform are the following:

Primary school level

– Aesop’s Myths

Contributing to the Aesop’s Myths

Contributing to the Aesop’s Myths.
– Fairy Tales – Selection (Hans Christian Andersen)
– Fairy Tales – Selection (Brothers Grimm)

Public

– 1st grade: Greek Mythology
– 2nd grade: The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
– 3rd grade: A Fairy Tale with No Name (Penelope Delta)
– Class 4: Alexander the Great (Nikos Kazantzakis)*
– Class 5: Black Culloni (Anna Sewell)
– F’ class: Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)

High School

– 1st grade: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Words of the Bow (Andreas Karkavitsas)

– Grade 2: The Diary of Anne Frank (Anna Frank)
The Death of a Brave Man (Kostis Palamas)

“Kosta Palamas’s death” (Kosta Palamas’ “Kosta Pálka”)
– Third grade: Vankas and other short stories (Anton Chekhov)
Elpis is Wanted (Antonis Samarakis)*

Elpis is Wanted (Antonis Samarakis)*.

Antonis Saramaris, Antonis Saramaris, Antonis Saramaris, Antonis Saramaris.
High School

– 1st grade.
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

– Grade 2: Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Honor and Money (Konstantinos Theotokis)

– Class 3: The sin of my mother (George Viziinos)
1984 (George Orwell)

The list of books and narrators:

Myths of Aesop, Aesop – Aemilios Hilakis

X. K. Andersen, Fairy Tales of Choice – Pygmalion Dadakaridis
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The Brothers Grimm, Tales of Choice – Vladimir Kiriakidis

Greek Mythology – Evangelia Mumouri

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Natalia Dragoumi

Fairy tale with no name, Penelope Delta – Peggy Stathakopoulou

The Black Beauty, Anna Sewell – Panagiota Vitetzaki

Around the world in eighty days, Jules Verne – Theodoros Katsafados

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle – Emilio Chilakis

The words of the bow, Andreas Karkavitsas – Thanasis Papageorgiou

The diary of Anna Frank, Anna Frank – Anna Menenakou

Death of a brave man, Kostis Palamas – Akis Sakellariou

Vankas and other short stories, Anton Chekhov – Sotiris Tsafoulias

The rosy shores, Alexandros Papadiamantis – Nikos Orfanos

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen – Peggy Stathakopoulou

Julio Caesar, William Shakespeare – Theodore Katsafados

Honour and money, Konstantinos Theotokis – Makis Papadimitriou

The sin of my mother, Georgios Viziinos – Michalis Economou

1984, George Orwell – Sotiris Tsafoulias

Homeric Epics, Odyssey – Pygmalion Dadakaridis, Yannis Stankoglou, Thanasis Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Gavalas, Dionysis Makris, Eva Kaminari, Yannis Hantelis, Eleftheria Kontogeorgis, Theovi Stylou, Stratis Panourios, Nadia Kafetzi, Spilios Lampropoulos, Christos Kotsi.