Fantastic encyclopedia by Notre-Dame students

Do you know the Faipaete, the Sanzard, the Correil, the Maril, or the Choflon? Consequently, Well, them yes! For example, The theme of the school this year on the Pyrenees. Moreover, the students of CE2, CM1 and CM2 of the Notre Dame school in Argelès-Gazost have indeed had the chance to meet these fantastic and amazing animals in the heart of the Pyrenees! Consequently, From this meeting was born a superb work “Fantastic Encyclopedia of the Pyrenees: The Imaginary Animals”. Similarly, a book written and illustrated by the students of the two classes of CE2, CM1, CM2 of the Notre Dame d’Algelès-Gazost school during the school year 2024-2025.

In this fantastic encyclopedia notre-dame students dictionary. Nevertheless, we discover animals encountered in the depths of the Pyrenees mountains, or rather deep in the imagination of these young students in the valley. “Among these fantastic creations. we find the Crassan, at the head of toad and with a pheasant’s body, myopic with large eyes, a funny animal, which lives near Lake Lourdes. We also discover an eternal animal. the Louvre, Mi Loup, Mi hare, lonely and without family, which digs underground, and makes babies all alone!” presents one of the young students.

From a draw for very real animals of animals living in the Pyrenees. 45 bizarre animals were thus invented and created from scratch by the budding authors, one animal per student. For each animal. a whole board is devoted as in an encyclopedia, on which we find the description of the animal, its identity card, its imprints, its lifestyle, fantastic encyclopedia notre-dame students its diet, its illustrated place of life thanks to cards from Robert Bégué, its mode of reproduction, as well as a zoom on a particular characteristic, but also personal observations, and even a small section “. In this book, students also offer readers a small challenge. For each fantastic creature, you have to guess the two very real animals that inspired it.

This book was produced during writing workshops led by Christelle de Bilbao, in partnership with the Argelès-Gazost media library. During a quarter. Christelle was welcomed every month in the classes of Matthieu Roullier-Gall and Héloïse Ignolin, in order to help and accompany children to describe what they imagined in this dictionary. And as evidenced by the librarian, “the students really invested in the creation and writing of this book. Strongly motivated by the publication of the book, they showed a great enthusiasm, and above all an overflowing imagination”. Even fantastic encyclopedia notre-dame students if they have already participated in writing workshops. are already used to writing, “the most difficult explains one of the children, was to rewrite and complete the pages, in order to make other children want to discover this book”.

This work, produced with the precious support of the commune of Argelès-Gazost, was drawn in a hundred copies. As a end -of -year gift. a copy was given to each of the participating students: the realization of a great job! The book is also on sale at the Bégué bookstore. can be borrowed from the Library of Argelès-Gazost.

“A great literary adventure, the fruit of collective work, a beautiful shared energy … and a real pleasure to write together,” said the director of the Matthieu Roullier-Gall school.

Do not hesitate to dive into this universe where nature meets the imagination carried by the creativity of these young. budding authors.