Philippe caillou biography definition
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Creating Caillou
The Caillou character was created in 1989, as a nine-month-old baby without a single hair on his head.
He owes his popularity to the combined talents of author and publisher Christine L’Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux.
Christine L’Heureux was the original instigator behind Caillou. To carry out this project, she felt it was necessary to create and bring to life to a character that was human.
Philippe Caillou is a former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (economics and management), PhD in computer science of Université Paris Dauphine.
By doing so, children would naturally identify with Caillou and thus form a stronger emotional bond with him.
By choosing to focus on a human character, Chouette Publishing was going against tradition. Indeed, before Caillou, most book series intended for young children featured animal characters.
The Concept Behind Caillou
The Caillou books were inspired by the work of French psychoanalyst Dr.
Françoise Dolto (1908-1988). Recognized worldwide for her studies on child development, Dr. Dolto succeeded in making her theories accessible to the general public.