Montreuil awards the Gold Nugget to “ABC of nature” by Bernadette Gervais

The other great distinction of the Salon: La Grande Ourse, was awarded this year to the novelist Marie Desplechin. The Petites 2020 rewards are as follows:

Gold nugget : ABC of nature, Bernadette Gervais, Éditions des Grandes personnes

Bernadette Gervais offers us a beautiful large format alphabet. Ideal for the youngest, for learning the alphabet and discovering the beauties of nature. Bernadette Gervais has long collaborated with francesco Pittau (the Pittau-Gervais duo) and continues her exploration of the youth world solo. His pictorial work is particularly remarkable here, a mixture of stencils and sponge work.

Illustrated book: Jurassic Caramel by Roxane Lumeret, Albin Michel Jeunesse

The Ostrich knows nothing of its origins and has only ever known life in the zoo. One evening, the opportunity to escape is offered to her … This is how “her great story” begins. Employed at the Museum of Natural History, she explores her roots and discovers independence, but also the insane rules of the society around her. Fortunately, his companions, also escapees, will do everything to help him realize an unusual plan to save his family …

Fiction juniors : Carmine (volume 1), The Boy with the Hooffoot, Amélie Sarn, Youth Threshold

Carmin, a resident at the Saint-Alliance orphanage, thought to end his life in the factories of Linn. Who, in fact, would want to adopt a boy with a hoof instead of the right foot? So, when Gléphirina and Calphurnius Powell take him to live in their home, the young orphan cannot believe his eyes. Would he, too, finally be entitled to the good life of the rich inhabitants of Linn? Unfortunately, his enthusiasm soon gave way to muted anxiety.

Teen fiction: I saw Sisyphus happy, Katerina Apostolopoulou, Brditions Bruno Doucey

“To live poor without being boorish To have little and to offer everything To keep the best for the friend or the stranger To take the same path every morning Knowing that all life will be like that And with a smile I saw Sisyphus happy”.

Comic: Ama: The Breath of Women Franck Manguin, Cécile Becq, Sarbacane

Japan. End of the 1960s. Nagisa, a shy young city-dweller from Tokyo, lands on Hegura, a tiny island lost in The Sea of ​​Japan. What is she doing there? Nobody knows. But if she wants to stay. she will have to make her place among the “Ama”, these women who dive naked in search of the precious abalone and have a special status, free and strong heads of families, obeying no other law than those of their own. clan…