Bagieu's "Culottées" enters the middle-school curriculum
Pénélope Bagieu's celebrated graphic biography series has been added to the French education ministry's recommended reading list for fifth-grade students, a status it will hold for the next decade.
"Culottées", Pénélope Bagieu's bande dessinée about women who defied convention, is now on the list of works recommended by the French national education system for classe de 5ᵉ, according to Le Monde. The listing is set to run for the next ten years.
The series, published by Gallimard, has been a commercial success since it first appeared, and Le Monde notes that the curriculum placement represents a further boost for the publisher.
No further detail on the selection process, the specific volumes involved, or accompanying teaching material was included in the available reporting.
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