Jean-Claude Mourlevat - Jefferson (9+)

Jean-Claude Mourlevat is one of France’s leading children and young adult authors. With a particular love for fairy tale, fable and fantasy, he draws on literary traditions to create worlds that resemble no other. He surprises readers with each new book, assuming new guises and using unexpected narrative devices.

He has received many awards, like the Prix Sorcières and Prix des incorruptibles. He also recently received the prestigious ALMA, the Nobel prize for children literature. 

His Jefferson stories portray the adventures of Jefferson, a hedgehog who loves to read. When the little hedgehog is accused of murdering his hairdresser and forced to flee from the safety of his home, his novel-reading habit proves to be of critical importance.

At Crossing Border Kids he will read from his books.