Hervé Tullet
Hervé Tullet is a French creative, illustrator and visual artist. He is known as "the prince of children's books", since his contributions to the publishing trade dedicated to children resignified reading, transforming it into a more imaginative act and always in favor of the reader. The author was born in 1958, in Normandy, Avranches, France.
All his books are designed as an experience. Each line, point or color is intended to capture the attention of young readers, as the author trusts children's intrinsic intuition, and gives them the opportunity to visualize and live true literary universes with artistic narratives beyond words.
Main influences of Hervé Tullet
Hervé Tullet describes himself as a big boy. One of her favorite activities is going to museums to appreciate the works of other big kids, like Cy Twombly and Richard Long. This is something that has motivated the author's brand of art throughout his life, but his penchant for living in wonder has an origin.
During his youth, he and his family were not very close to the literary or artistic life. However, Hervé Tullet was lucky enough to learn about Surrealist art thanks to a French professor, with whom he studied in his adolescence. The author felt inspired by the freedom and provocative sense of this movement, something that would mark his own work.
Biography
Hervé Tullet was born on June 29, 1958, in Normandy, a territory that is part of the French southeast. He studied Decorative Arts, Plastic arts, Visual Communication and Illustration. After graduation he worked for over a decade as an art director for various communications companies and advertising agencies.
In 1990,With the birth of her first child on the way, He left advertising to dedicate himself entirely to illustration. The reason that made him abandon his career had to do with the rise of new technologies, which made him feel uncomfortable. Hervé Tullet needed to create with his own hands, so he decided to embark on the design of his first book, a didactic, colorful and children's volume.
In 1994 his first title for children was released, Comment dad to meet mom. It was published by the publishing house Le Seuil. Since then, the author has created book after book, reinventing himself in each one to offer children more quality moments with their families, as well as movement, expression, fun and new ways of learning.
few years later, In 1998, the author was awarded the Non-Fiction Prize at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, by its volume Faut pas confondre. On the other hand, the critic specialized in children's literature, in evaluating Tullet's work, has come to the conclusion that the author must be valued for the development of the capacity for discovery that he offers to children, beyond the narration.
Likewise, specialists have urged parents and educators to share the artist's books with their children and students. For his part, Tullet, since he got to know the world of schools, has worked tirelessly so that little ones have the possibility of having a childhood full of creativity.
The works offered by Hervé Tullet are designed to be small and made of pressed cardboard, which makes it much easier for children to manipulate them. Likewise, all the books are half-made, so that both the little ones and the parents interact with the works freely. At the same time, this encourages the imagination, creativity and autonomy of the "readers".
Works by Hervé Tullet
Hervé Tullet has a baggage of more than eighty published books, which have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Some of them are as follows.
- Do not confuse (1998);
- Five senses (2023);
- i'm a blop (2005);
- Colours (2006);
- Game of colors (2006);
- finger play (2006);
- the game of light (2006);
- Draw (2007);
- circus finger games (2007);
- Turlututu: magical stories (2007);
- Turlututú Surprise, it's me! (2009);
- A book (2010);
- cook doodle (2011);
- Turlututu's vacation (2011);
- differences game (2011);
- The book with a hole (2011);
- blind reading game (2011);
- The sculpture game (2012);
- the game of darkness (2012);
- I'm a Blop II (2012;
- Untitled (2013);
- game of the field (2013);
- the game of shadows (2013);
- Have fun. art workshops (2015);
- Paints: Hervé Tullet's workshops – instructions for use (2015);
- a memo (2015);
- a book II (2016);
- A game (2016);
- Oh! a book with sounds (2017);
- Drawings II (2017);
- Turlututú: what a story! (2018);
- I have an idea (2018);
- points points (2018);
- Flowers! (2019);
- Draw Here: An Activity Book (2019);
- Have an idea: an interactive book (2019);
- The ideal exposure (2020);
- Forms (2020);
- The ideal expo (2021);
- the dance of the hands (2022)
Notable books by Hervé Tullet
A book (2010)
This interactive text is a fun game with colored circles. The elements are yellow, red and blue. These respond to the manipulation of the reader. If the child decides to rub, blow, press, or shake the material, the circles simply change places, line up, slide to the edges, or unfold.
blind reading game (2011)
As in all of Hervé Tullet's books, children's imagination is essential to carry out the mission imposed by the author: travel with eyes closed and fingers glued to the paper the winding and surprising paths and adventures of blind reading game.
The sculpture gamea (2012)
With a lot of imagination and colorful pieces, children are able to create amazing sculptures with this little play book. It is an indispensable pedagogical resource for any educational center.
the game of shadows (2013)
The dark “walls” of this book encourage children and adults to play together., and discover the magical and terrifying creatures that dwell in the dark. Like the rest of his works: it is a call to imagination and inventiveness; You are not the same after coming across this book.
