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

Welcome
Barroux (2018)
Kaleidoscope
Cycle 2

Julian is a mermaid
Love, J. (2022)
Ecole des loisirs
Cycle 3

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

Welcome
Barroux (2018)
Kaleidoscope

Marcel and Hugo
Browne, A. (2014)
Ecole des Loisirs

An ant like no other
Corda, T. (2015)
Mineditions

Big beak
Digard, N. (2021)
Glénat
Cycle 2

Differences
Bé, H. (2023)
Lirabelle

Alice's heart
Servant, S.
Rue du monde

Julian is a mermaid
Love, J. (2022)
École des loisirs

Half and half
Meunier, H. (2023)
Le Rouergue
Cycle 3

The sadness of the elephant
Antona, N. (2016)
Red children

Super deaf
Bell, C. (2021)
Les Arènes

Because because because because
Herbauts, A. (2023)
Casterman

We're all different
Tuner, T. (2023)
Kimane
