Created in 1923 for young adolescents, and more particularly for boys, the Bibliothèque verte collection was initially designed to republish the great classics of children's literature, in particular the authors of the Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation collection published by Hetzel (including Jules Verne), which was bought by Hachette in 1914.
[3] The price of the books was henceforth set according to the monthly pocket money of the children of the time, and the presentation became more modern and more attractive.
But the great novelty that Louis Mirman introduced was the publication of Anglo-Saxon series with recurring protagonist.
[4] Other series were soon commissioned from French authors and added to the success: Michel by Georges Bayard in 1958,[5] Les Six Compagnons by Paul-Jacques Bonzon in 1961 (both published in the Bibliothèque verte) and Fantômette by Georges Chaulet in 1961, in the Bibliothèque rose.
[7] The children of the sixties and seventies will appropriate these works, published in millions of copies, and will decorate the shelves of their room.