Éditions du Pourquoi pas ?

Éditions du Pourquoi pas ?

Épinal, France

Arts & CultureChildren & YouthEducation
AssociationFounded 2012
Profile last updated: August 11, 2026

About

Founded in 2012, Éditions du Pourquoi pas ? is a non-profit association based in Épinal, France working on arts & culture, children & youth, education.

Les Éditions du Pourquoi pas ? is an independent, non-profit children's and youth literature publishing house based in Épinal, in the Vosges region of France. Founded in November 2012 as an association, it was born from a collaboration between the École Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine (Épinal site) and the Ligue de l'Enseignement des Vosges. The association publishes works, mainly for young readers, including picture books, short novels and poetry, in collections that address social and environmental themes such as citizenship, solidarity, ecology, migration, disability and human rights. It also runs creative projects with art school students and young people, and promotes reading through awards, school selections and events. Its books are distributed by SERENDIP-LIVRES.

Location

Épinal, France

Founded

2012

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Association

Focus areas

children's literatureyouth publishingindependent publisherecologycitizenshipliterary awardsnon-profit association

Languages

FR

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureChildren & YouthEducation

Works for

ChildrenYouth

How they work

Awareness & education

Programmes

Faire Société

Community development · France

Collection of 32-page mini-albums using narrative texts and contemporary illustrations to encourage readers to reflect on living together, with questions at the end of each text for debate.

Pourquoi pas la Terre ?

Environment & Climate · France

Collection of children's books on ecology, environmental responsibility and sustainable living.

Faire Humanité

Education · France

Collection of short texts for pre-teens and teenagers, presented as paired texts facing each other, with a notebook of images.

Funding & support

Ways to support

Shop

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Ligue de l'Enseignement des Vosges, École Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine (ESAL), SERENDIP-LIVRES, Lécritoire des utopies

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