International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature

Motordu (1980), Noël, Père et Fils (1985) (Perrot, 1991:221–241). The third made his name
through his illustrations of works by Gripari and in his Le Petit Poucet published by
Grasset-Jeunesse in 1974.
In the field of the novel, the reputation of Vendredi ou la vie sauvage by Michel
Tournier has extended far beyond the frontiers of the country, and the stories of
J.M.G.Le Clézio (Peuple du ciel, illustrated by G.Lemoine, Gallimard, 1991), of Claude
Roy, who is a distinguished poet (Enfantasques, Gallimard, 1974) and storyteller (C’est
le bouquet, 1964) and Daniel Pennac (Kamo, Gallimard, 1991) are in the first rank.
Novels less closely linked to education, including those of Susie Morgenstern
(L’amerloque, L’Ecole des Loisirs, 1992), of Marie-Aude Murail (Nos amours ne vont pas si
mal, L’Ecole des Loisirs, 1992), of Nadine Garrel (Le pays du grand condor, Les Princes
de l’exil, Gallimard, 1986), and of Jean Alessandrini (Le labyrinthe des cauchemars,
Rageot, 1991), have a regular readership. However, it is difficult here to distinguish
between works which children themselves demand, with no pressure from adult critics,
and to pick out the future classics: the history of contemporary French children’s
literature remains to be written.

References

Ariès, P. (1960) L’Enfant et la Vie familiale sous l’Ancien Regime, Paris: Plon.
Bouvaist, J.M. (1990) Les enjeux de l’édition-jeunesse á la veille de 1992, Montreuil: Salon du Livre
de jeunesse.
Caradec, F. (1977) Histoire de la Littérature enfantine en France, Paris: Albin Michel.
Escarpit, D. (1983) Arnaud Berquin (1747–1791), Pessac: Nous Voulons Lire.
Fénelon (1983) Oeuvres 1, Paris: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Gallimard, NRF.
Manson, M. (1989) Les livres pour l’enfance et la jeunesse sous la Révolution, Paris: INRP.
Milner, M. (1982) La fantasmagorie, Paris: PUF, Ecritures.
Parmegiani, C.A. (1989) Les Petits Français illustrés, Paris: Edition du Cercle de la Librairie.
Perrot, J. (1987) Du jeu, des enfants et des livres, Paris: Edition du Cercle de la Librairie.
——(1991) Art baroque, art d’enfance, Nancy: Presses Universitaires.
Rousseau, J.-J. (1761/1964) La Nouvelle Héloïse in Ouvres Completes, 2, Paris: Gallimard.

Further Reading

Diament, N. (1993) Dictionnaire des écrivains français pour la jeunesse (1914–1991), Paris: L’Ecole
du Loisirs.
Fourment, A. (1987) Histoire de la Presse des jeunes et des journaux d’Enfants (1708–1968), Paris:
Edition de l’Ecole.
Hazard, P. (1932) Les Livres, les enfants et les hommes, Paris: Flammarion.
Jan, I. (1969/1972) On Children’s Literature, (ed.) Storr, C., London: Allen Lane.
Soriano, M. (1968) Les contes de Perrault, culture savante et tradition populaire, Paris: Gallimard.
——(1976) Guide de littérature de jeunesse, Paris: Flammarion.

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