Christian Bruel, creator and designer of children’s picture books and a trainer in children’s literature, will be talking about “Animots, animages”: animal expression in picture books. FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER
9.30am to 12pm, at Théâtre Le Grand Bleu, Lille.

Cécile Boulaire, senior lecturer at the University of Tours, invites us to reflect on “What literature for the very young? In partnership with the Médiathèque de Roubaix La Grand Plage, as part of the 30th anniversary of its early childhood mission. Meet up on Thursday 1 June from 9.30am to 12pm in Roubaix, in the auditorium of the Archives nationales du monde du travail. Registration essential.