We are sometimes called upon to illustrate children’s books on biology, astronomy and mathematics, to put geopolitical, ethological and historical information into images, or to provide a visual explanation of violence, misery or death. Showing reality to young people can be challenging. Do photography and illustration convey the same things to children? How do children interpret these different media? What role does the imagination play in how they understand reality?With:Myriam Dahman,children's author and project manager for development awareness and education at Agence Française de Développement
Belgian-Moroccan author Myriam Dahman is a writer for young people and also works to raise awareness of development and environmental issues. She is a regular contributor to children's philosophy magazine Philéas et Autobule.Laurence Le Guen, Doctor in French literature, associate researcher at the Cellam laboratory of the Université de Rennes 2 and the University of Leuven, and literature teacher in Loire-Atlantique.
Laurence Le Guen is a doctor of French literature, and associate researcher at the Cellam laboratory of the Université de Rennes 2 and the University of Leuven. She coordinates a website on children’s photo literature called Miniphlit | Photolittérature pour la jeunesse (hypotheses.org).Galia Tapiero, anthropologist, editorial and artistic director, publisher
Children's author Galia Tapiero has always had a passion for dictionaries, encyclopaedias, documentaries, objects that tell stories, and journeys that inspire. In 2007, she embarked on a new adventure when she set up Kilowatt éditions, a publishing house that uses a complementary text-illustration approach to help children as they grow and encourages them to ask questions to better understand the world they live in.