Every summer during the school summer break, holiday notebooks may appear in homes. In images, the first books invented by Magnard, testimonies of children, parents, publishers. Not to mention the pros and cons.
Reportage sur les cahiers de vacances inventés par les éditions Magnard dans les années 1930. A l'origine ils étaient distribués par les instituteurs, et sont maintenant vendus en magasin et achetés par les parents. Il s'en vend six millions d'exemplaires. Interviews de Bernard PHARISIEN, instituteur retraité, d'Isabelle MAGNARD, petite-fille du fondateur des éditions Magnard, et de plusieurs parents et enfants.
Report devoted to the success of the holiday notebooks proposed by many publishers. In a bookstore, meeting with several parents who explain their buying motivations: the fear of school failure in a context of economic crisis, or the too long duration of holidays. Thierry JOLY, pediatrician, advocates a different approach to activities of awakening for children during the holidays. Interviews with Véronique BEDIN, director of the para-school sector at Hachette.
Interview of Madame COSSON, mother of family, guest viewer of the show "Hui Madame", about the holiday notebooks. She does not want to buy any more because her daughters never manage to finish them and she does not want to force them.
Micro-sidewalk on the holiday homework notebooks made at the end of the school, before the holidays. Interviews with Margot, 9, Julien, 10, and Marie-Laure GRIGNON, mother.
Report on the design and writing of holiday notebooks for school children, by the publishing house Hachette. Interviews with Claire INIZAN, editorial manager of the extracurricular sector of Hachette and Xavier KNOWLES, author of holiday notebooks.
Reportage sur les devoirs et les cahiers de vacances. Dans la Somme, rencontre avec Aurélie, âgée de sept ans, et sa mère qui supervise les devoirs d’été de sa fille. Interview d’un libraire à propos de l’aspect ludique des cahiers.
Report on the company Dilisco distributing school books and holiday notebooks. It is located in Cheniers in the Creuse, a department where Roger Magnard invented the holiday notebook in the 1930s. Ninety-two publishers entrust their books to him, of which the holiday notebooks represent a small part.