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THE CHRONOS PRIZE SCHEDULE

September to Febrary
Reading books and meetings between generations

October
Launch of the Chronos Prize as part of the Ministry of Culture "Festival of Reading"

End November
Participation in the Montreuil Youth Book Fair Meeting on "Growing up means growing older - Growing older means growing up"

End Febrary
National voting week : 41,000 jurors vote in polling sites in city halls, schools and libraries using voting cards, attendance sheets, and ballot boxes, with senior citizens serving as poll watchers.

March and April
Participation in the week-long Festival of French-speaking countries
Awarding of the Chronos Prize for The Paris Book Fair

May and June
Official awarding of certificates of jury membership to the young jurors
Participation in local events organized by schools and local government.

TESTIMONIALS

Three out of four teachers and librarians remark that for many children being a juror for a literary prize leads to greater reading capacity.

Several teachers of French at the 5th and 6th grade levels (ages 11 and 12) stated :
- "The idea of the Prize provides valuable help in encouraging young people to read",
- "It's a helpful educational tool that strongly motivates the students", because they are interested in signing up as jurors without having to worry about the teachers' authority and grades.
- "It provides more motivation to read due to the absence of grading and exams" (6th grade teacher).
Because of this, most students feel a greater sense of responsibility,
- "I'm the one who decides to sign up as a juror" (middle school and older elementary students),
- "The children (older nursery school students) take great pride in being able to explain their choices".

With regards to the Chronos Prize theme, "Growing up means growing older - Growing older means growing up", the teachers and librarians see real interest in the topic, which is so rarely discussed in school, because it makes it possible to share painful experiences and collectively discuss the subject of death :
- "Several students in the class lost a grandparent this year; we could discuss this more easily thanks to some of the books" (elementary school teacher).
- Some say that this also brings to the surface worries about growing older - "the basic questions of living and dying" - and that discussion of these topics helps "demystify death a bit" (nursery and elementary school teachers).
Other teachers note that the students become more tolerant of older people because, after reading the literature selections, their view of old age changes : by default it becomes "a particular moment" in life, "a subject that is seldom discussed with children, but which allows them to express their feelings, and even their worries. This helps us to become more tolerant of those who are different" (elementary school teacher).

Prix Chronos / FNG - 49 rue Mirabeau - 75016 Paris FRANCE
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