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Small pages on a journey

Travel by Page series

07/05/22

 

SNCF and Gallimard have brought out the 'Voyage en page' collection so 7-11 year-olds can "jump on the wagon" of literature.

 

Does your little angel start fidgeting and getting on your nerves from the moment he steps on a train? Does he find it impossible to sit still for more than five minutes before getting bored? No problem. Simply take his hand and head for the TGV's buffet coach, where he can choose from a selection of works published by the SNCF in association with Gallimard Jeunesse at the unbeatable price of just €2.50 each!

You can also find these books from the "Voyage en Page" collection in "Relay" shops at railway stations and other bookshops.
The collection focuses on the theme of travel in children's literature, in a variety of different forms (fairy tales, short stories and travel tales) and different genres (adventure or detective stories, fantasy tales, etc).

With each school holiday that comes, the collection is gradually growing, enabling readers from ages 7 to 11 to discover classic literature as well as contemporary writing. The following titles are already out:

L’oiseau d’or et autres conte (The Golden Goose and Other Stories),The Brothers Grimm
Le géant aux chaussettes rouges et autres contes de la rue Broca, Pierre Gripari

L’aventure des sept horloges (The Adventure of the Seven Clocks), Adrian Conan Doyle

Contes venus de l’Est (Oriental Fairy Tales)

Au revoir Fénimore, Yvon Mauffret

Métalika, Alain Grousset

L’éléphant (un conte du chat perché) (The Elephant - from The Wonderful Farm), Marcel Aymé

L’inconnu de la forêt, Ayyam Sureau

Jean-Louis Etienne, l’aventurier des pôles, Christine Coste

L’Enfant et l’étoile, Dominique Halévy

Poucette et autres contes (Thumbelina and Other Stories), Hans Christian Andersen

Le phoque blanc (The White Seal), Rudyard Kipling

Aristide,  Rosemary Friedman

Le mystère du TGV 7777, Jacqueline Remy

Magicien des Mers, Yves Hughes

La princesse grenouille et autres contes (The Frog Princess and Other Stories), collected and adapted by Alexander Afanasyev

L'évasion de la goélette (The Lost Poacher), Jack London