For its 40th edition, the Book and youth press fair in Seine-Saint-Denis offers to experience the combined powers of dreams and literature.
The dream stimulates, depicts the emotions, draws the unprecedented, expresses the unspeakable. With literature, it becomes a space for creativity, projections, and freedom.
And that is the whole project of this event which, for 40 years, has generously sowed the seeds of dreams among little ones.
France Inter devotes numerous programs to children's literature.
Laure Grandbesançon producer at France Inter, awaits you at the Salon for meetings, particularly around her youth podcasts:
► Thursday November 28: two school workshops around podcasts The Odysseys et Chills
An unmissable event for children's literature for the general public and professionals, the Salon brings together nearly 200,000 visitors each year in Montreuil.
A showcase for the diversity of creation and contemporary publishing in children's literature, it offers the opportunity to wander among 400 publishing houses of all sizes to stock up on literary discoveries. At the same time, it offers a real festival of meetings, exhibitions, workshops and signings, in a joyful atmosphere where authors and reading are in the spotlight.
►►► The Nuggets of the Salon : children's literature in all its glory
THE Nuggets offer a fantastic opportunity to reveal talents in their diversity. With their demanding and diverse selection, they allow you to better navigate the production. Highly awaited by the public and professionals, these awards give increased visibility to the works of authors and illustrators who contribute to boosting the children's book sector. Between comics, teen fiction, junior fiction and illustrated books, each year, the Salon brings together the excellence of children's literature! A jury made up exclusively of children aged 8 to 18 awards the Nuggets for each category. At the same time, a jury of literary critics awards the Golden Nugget which recognizes the best book of the year.
► Illustrated book
- A scramble, Karen Hottois and Vincent PianinaAlbin Michel Jeunesse
- Cinema Paradise, Julien MagnaniMagnani Editions
- JeanJambe and the Mystery of the Deep, Matthias Picard2024 Editions
- Evening fears, Laurie Agusti**, La Partie
- Centuries and centuries, Christophe Honoré and Gwen Le GacThierry Magnier Éditions
► Fiction juniors
- Alexander on the waves, Vincent Cuvellierillus. Guillaume BiancoLittle Urban
- Yaran's Challenge, Estelle FayeRageot
- Hamsters don't exist, Antonio CarmonaÉditions Théâtrales Jeunesse
- Mori, Marie Colot and Noémie MarsilyCotCotCot Éditions
- Noûr and Balthazar, Frédéric SounacThe Joy of Reading
► Comic
- Bianca and the Forest of Lost Parents, Marie BoissonSame
- Hey Djo!, Marzena Sowa and Geoffrey DelinteGallimard Comic Strip
- The Kingdoms of Tiketone, volume 1: The Hallows of the Living Dead, Melissa MorinCasterman
- The Betrayal of Olympe, Book 1/2, Jean DalinBlowgun
- Nana and Nini's Vacation, Margot FarnouxBiscuit
► Fiction ados
- The one who remains, Rachel Corenblitillus. Regis LejoncNathan
- Harmony Stark's Wild Dance, Sigrid Baffert et Jean-Michel Payetthe leisure school
- In the crosshairs, Sébastien GendronPocket Youth
- The red earth has drunk blood, Jean-François ChabasShort and Long Editions
- Nothing to do, we get stuck, Edith Azam and Pauline BarzilaïThe port has yellowed
►►► The Great Bear of the Salon, it is much more than a literary prize. It is a distinction awarded by the Salon teams to honor the work of an artist whose creativity, of a particular breadth and audacity, leaves an imprint or illuminates, in a way sustainable, the landscape of children's literature. Who will succeed Beatrice Alemagnawinner of the 2023 Big Dipper?
►►► Three major shows on set live and around ten new programs for the whole family: The literary café highlights editorial news, The social club deciphers the societal aspect of children's books and Live celebrates the vitality of creation. Live and replay on the internet. Previous editions can be found on slpjplus.tv
To pass the quarantine milestone together, with your feet in Montreuil and your head in the stars, let yourself be transported through the aisles of the Salon. The ingredients of dreams are everywhere. In the books and stories that inhabit the shelves of bookstores and 400 large and small publishing houses, in the meeting with the 250 guest artists and more than 2,000 authors and illustrators s in signings, in the construction of professional dialogues and, of course, in the 15 spaces which host the event's programming.
