Gallimard Jeunesse is a French publisher of children's books. 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, Winnie the Pooh, and Pokémon.
Gallimard also publishes 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 "Découvertes Gallimard".
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).
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.
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.