Not so long ago in France… The year 1968 and the French revolution in the field of picturebooks

Abstract

In the present article, we discuss the assumptions and achievements of the avant-garde trend, unknown in Poland, that took place in France at the turn of the 60’ and 70’ in the field of picturebooks. The books were published by independent houses such as Robert Delpire, Harlin Quist, Éditions des Femmes and Le Sourire qui mord. The purpose of this outline is not only to present this type of artistic creation to the Polish reader, but also to show how unfounded was the widespread opinion on French children’s literature in Poland, where it was usually seen as conservative and shallow.

Modernisation of the journal's operations and translation into the English language of articles published in Ars Educandi in 2012-2017 were financed with funds from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as a part of the task Science Promotion Activity (pl. DUN).

The task ‘The implementation of the editorial module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe – a system facilitating the editing and management of the academic journal Ars Educandi‘ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.

The task ‘The creation of a modern online version of the academic journal Ars Educandi through the implementation of the publication module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe and the handling of international indexing databases’ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.