Editing Gallimard Jeunesse

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{{Short description|French publisher of children's books}}
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'''Gallimard Jeunesse''' is a French [[publisher]] of [[children's book]]s. It is a subsidiary of [[Éditions Gallimard]].

It is the publisher of the French versions of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' by [[J.K. Rowling]], the catalogue of [[Roald Dahl]], ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], ''[[Animorphs]]'' by [[Katherine Applegate]], ''[[The English Roses]]'' and other books by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]]''.

Gallimard also publishes [[The Book of Time trilogy|''The Book of Time'' trilogy]], by [[Guillaume Prévost]] (which includes ''[[The Book of Time]]'', ''[[The Gate of Days]]'' and ''[[The Circle of Gold]]''), and the birthplace of the encyclopaedic [[Collection (publishing)|collection]] "[[Découvertes Gallimard]]".{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

== History ==
In 1972, Birth of Gallimard's youth department, under the impetus of Pierre Marchand (1939-2002) and Jean-Olivier Héron. Launch of the 1000 Soleils collection based on great classics of literature (the first 4 titles are Le Lion by Joseph Kessel, L'enfant et la rivière by Henri Bosco, La guerre des boutons by Louis Pergaud, Le vieil homme et la mer by Ernest Hemingway).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gallimard Jeunesse |url=https://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/editeurs/gallimard-jeunesse |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.ricochet-jeunes.org |language=fr}}</ref>

In 1975, first illustrated albums and beginning of a long collaboration with great illustrators: Quentin Blake, Étienne Delessert, Jean Claverie, Roberto Innocenti, Georges Lemoine, Pef (Pierre Elie Ferrier known as Pef), Tony Ross.<ref name=":0" />

In 1977, Creation of Folio Junior, the first paperback collection of Gallimard Jeunesse for 10-16 year olds, shortly after Jeunesse poche of Éditions de l'Amitié and Renard Poche of L'École des loisirs.<ref name=":02">{{cite web|access-date=1 October 2020|author=Ricochet|title=Gallimard Jeunesse|url=https://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/editeurs/gallimard-jeunesse|website=Ricochet}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In 1980, Creation of Folio Benjamin and the first illustrated paperbacks in color for 5-7 year olds. Beatrix Potter, the creator of Pierre Lapin, enters the catalog and Pef (Pierre Elie Ferrier) invents a language in La belle lisse poire du prince de Motordu.<ref name=":0" />

In 1983, Folio Cadet is aimed at beginning readers (7-10 years old) with illustrated novels, renowned authors and unpublished texts. First steps in documentary with Découverte Cadet.<ref name=":02" />

== Games and gamebooks ==

In the 1980s, they published most of the [[gamebook]]s in France, in the collection Folio Junior — ''Un livre dont ''vous'' êtes le héros'' (''a book in which ''you'' are the hero'', a reference to the caption of the covers of the ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' gamebooks), including ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'', ''[[Sorcery!]]'', ''[[Lone Wolf (gamebooks)|Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[The World of Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[Sagas of the Demonspawn]]'', ''[[Grailquest]]'', ''[[Cretan Chronicles]]'', ''[[Horror Classic Gamebooks]]'', ''[[Virtual Reality (gamebooks)|Virtual Reality]]'', ''[[Double Game (gamebooks)|Double Game]]'', ''[[Clash of the Princes]]'', ''[[Golden Dragon Fantasy Gamebooks]]'', ''[[Blood Sword (gamebook series)|Blood Sword]]'', ''[[Real Life Gamebooks]]'', ''[[Fatemaster]]'', ''[[Forbidden Gateway]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries]]'', ''[[Super Sherlock]]'', and a few original French series. They still publish some ''Fighting Fantasy'' and ''Lone Wolf'' gamebooks (reissue started in 2012).

In the 1980s, they also published some games: picture book games (Alfred Leonardi: ''[[Ace of Aces (picture book game)|Ace of Aces]]'', ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]''; Mike Vitale and Joe Angiolillo's ''[[Shootout at the Saloon]]'') and  [[tabletop roleplaying game|roleplaying games]]: ''[[Dragon Warriors]]'', ''[[The Dark Eye (role-playing game)|The Dark Eye]]'' and ''[[Pendragon (role-playing game)|Pendragon]]''.

==See also==
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
* [[List of publishers of children's books]]

==External links==
* {{Official website|www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Book publishing companies of France|Gallimard]]