Gautier-Languereau is a French publishing house, founded by Maurice Languereau and Henri Gautier, and currently owned by Hachette Livre, and used as an imprint for children's literature.

Gautier-Languereau
Parent companyHachette Livre
StatusActive
Founded1859
FounderMaurice Languereau and Henri Gautier
Country of originFrance
Publication typeschildren's books and magazines
Official websitewww.gautier-languereau.fr/index.php

History

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Founded in 1859 as Gautier, the company was renamed Gautier-Languereau in 1917 when Maurice Languereau became full partner with his uncle Henri Gautier.[1] They specialized in children's books and magazines and religious literature. Their biggest success came with the weekly magazine for girls La Semaine de Suzette,[2] published from 1905, and its flagship comic, Bécassine. The first Bécassine books appeared in 1913.[3] From that year on, the stories were written by Languereau.

The company was acquired by Hachette[4] in 1991.

Book series

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  • Les albums de Bécassine
  • Albums merveilleux (1961-1965)
  • Au Fil de la vie
  • Les Bêtes chez elles
  • Bibliothèque bleue
  • Bibliothèque de ma fille
  • Bibliothèque des petites sources de richesse
  • Bibliothèque de Suzette (1919-1958) - novels for girls
  • Collection Delly
  • Collection Fontanille
  • Collection Jean-François[5] (1950-1960) - novels for boys
  • Des ouvrages de vie pratique
  • Familia
  • Les Histoires de Bécassine
  • Histoires de tableaux
  • Je lis tout seul
  • Jeunes bibliophiles[6]
  • Livres à lire, livres à jouer
  • Les Mémoires de Bécassine
  • Les nouveaux bibliophiles
  • Nouvelle bibliothèque de Suzette
  • Les petits Gautier
  • Pitchoun
  • Premiers Albums (1980-1992)
  • Premiers Livres (1972-1985)
  • Les quatres saisons
  • Romans à lire
  • Scènes et tableaux
  • Les Secrets du pirate
  • Série 15
  • Sur les pas de...
  • L'Univers en couleurs

Notes

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  1. ^ "Gautier-Languereau/Les Deux Coqs d'Or" (in French). Imec. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "From La Semaine de Suzette to Bibliothèque de Suzette". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Gautier-Languereau" (in French). Ricochet-jeunes.org. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  4. ^ Parinet, Elisabeth (4 December 1998). "De la concentration à l'internationalisation du livre contemporain". BnF Essentiels (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  5. ^ se:Jean-François, worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ^ se:Jeunes Bibliophiles, worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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