For the second year running, the C.R.D. teams from Carcassonne, Mende, Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan organized an inter-site children's literature prize. A selection of works was put to the votes of students, trainers and staff, to elect the favorite book of 2025 in the following categories: Cycle 1, Cycle 2, Cycle 3.

To cast your vote, all you had to do was go to the C.R.D. section on your site and enter the draw for a chance to win a gift voucher from your local bookseller.

The results were announced at the end of March 2025:

Cycle 1

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Welcome

Barroux (2018)

Kaleidoscope

Cycle 2

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Julian is a mermaid

Love, J. (2022)

Ecole des loisirs

Cycle 3

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People are beautiful

Beaulieu, B. (2022)

Les Arènes

Focus on the Nîmes site

In Nîmes, Micheline Cellier, godmother of the CRD prize for the Gard site, came to present the 3 winning albums per cycle of the children's literature prize.

Honorary lecturer in language and literature, Micheline Cellier worked for many years at the IUFM of the Montpellier academy, then at the Faculty of Education of the University of Montpellier, on the Nîmes site.

His work focuses on language, particularly vocabulary and spelling.

The presentation was also attended by Olivier Ayme, head of Lirabelle (a publishing house based in Nîmes), and Christine Mirgalet, an artist exhibiting in the CRD cultural space.

All alike, all different exhibition: https: //fde.umontpellier.fr/2025/tous-semblables/

Official selection CRD 2025 Awards

On the theme: DIFFERENCE(S)

Cycle 1

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Welcome

Barroux (2018)

Kaleidoscope

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Marcel and Hugo

Browne, A. (2014)

Ecole des Loisirs

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An ant like no other

Corda, T. (2015)

Mineditions

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Big beak

Digard, N. (2021)

Glénat

Cycle 2

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Differences

Bé, H. (2023)

Lirabelle

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Alice's heart

Servant, S.

Rue du monde

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Julian is a mermaid

Love, J. (2022)

École des loisirs

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Half and half

Meunier, H. (2023)

Le Rouergue

Cycle 3

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The sadness of the elephant

Antona, N. (2016)

Red children

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Super deaf

Bell, C. (2021)

Les Arènes

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Because because because because

Herbauts, A. (2023)

Casterman

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We're all different

Tuner, T. (2023)

Kimane