
Pépites Internationales | Youth Literature Project
Vote for your favorite book!
Pépites Internationales is a program initiated by the Institut français in association with the Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse, with the purpose to promote French-language literature among French learners around the world.
It is based on a selection of the best recent books for young audiences. The participants read them, vote for their favorite book and the project thus ends with the election of the "Pépites Internationales" meaning the International gems.
Participating is easy!
1 - Select your
category (illustrated books, novels, comic books)
2 - Read the books
selected for the competition (4 to 5 in each category, see here below)
3 - Vote for your favorite book!
Optional:
- Join our dedicated storytelling to enjoy the books read in music by a professional actor on the 8th of October!
- Meet one of the authors online and ask them your questions!
Join the Pépites Internationales with AFKL!

In our children and teenager classes

Un Club de lecture gratuit pour les 13-16 ans!
An exciting free Reading Club for fluent teenagers (13-16 yo)

Storytelling Spécial Les Pépites Internationales

Meet an author of the Pépites Internationales !
The selection of books
Illustrated books:
Book 1
Adrien Parlange
Book 2
Changer d’air - Jeanne Macaigne (virtual meeting with this author)
Book 3
Des trucs comme ci, des trucs comme ça - Bernadette Gervais
Book 4
The selection of books
Novels (13-16 yo) :
Novel 1
Eden, Fille de personne -
Marie Colot
Novel 2
Pingouin (Discours amoureux) - Sarah Carré
Novel 3
Les filles montent pas si haut d’habitude - Alice Butaud
Novel 4
Comics (13-16 yo) :
Comic 1
Le Club des Amis 2 -
Sophie Guerrive (Éditions 2024)
Comic 2
Nowhere Girl - Magali Le Huche (Dargaud)
Comic 3
Polly - Fabrice Melquiot and Isabelle Pralong (La Joie de Lire)
Comic 4
Comic 5
Billy Brouillard au Pays des Monstres by Guillaume Bianco (Éditions Soleil)