Making children want to read is one of the main objectives of the Indian Ocean Children’s Book Fair, which is being held at the Cité des arts from October 10 to 13. An issue that parents must get involved with, according to the author and professor of History and Geography, Gilles Gauvin.
The 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Children’s Book Fair is held from October 10 to 13 at the Cité des Arts, in Saint-Denis. Authors from Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte and France are present there.
The objective of this fair is to promote children’s literature, of which there are many authors in the Indian Ocean, but above all to make children and adults want to read. A mission set by the organizers and participants of this show, including the author Gilles Gauvin, also a high school History-Geography teacher. He was the guest of the morning of Réunion 1era.
He publishes, with David D’Eurveilher and Davy Sicard, a colorized and summary version of his album Need Peïwhich traces the history of The Origins Reunion to 1946.
Gilles Gauvin: It becomes more and more difficult to give them a taste for books. I think that all the popular education actions that are carried out are important for this. Moreover, one of the reasons for [son] album was also to invite parents and grandparents to give their children a taste for reading. We blame many things on the school, which does what it can with what it has, but there is also the role of parents which is very important in this transmission of the taste for reading.
Today, a lot of manga, with things that are very interesting but which also bring difficulties. That is to say that a manga, for example, will show absolutely an entire action, and we end up with students who have difficulty interpreting what is, for example, the basis of Belgian comics, it is i.e. there are ellipses. And making the connection becomes more and more difficult, that is to say that everything must be established, everything must be detailed.
Yes, this competition is problematic. And besides, as a high school teacher, I just note that at the time when countries like Sweden have decided to return to paper, we have decided to switch to digital books. So, this is not without asking questions. These are issues that are not easy to resolve, but we have a real, real problem. You have to put a teenager in a process where he will use his phone when he needs it, he will use books when he needs them.
Numerous works, activities and exhibitions can be discovered on the 10th Indian Ocean children’s book fair, from October 10 to 13 at the Cité des Arts, in Saint-Denis.
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