Hélène Desputeaux

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Hélène Desputeaux

July 10, 1959

Québec, Canada

Hélène Desputeaux is a teacher, writer and illustrator born in Quebec, 1959. She has a bachelor's degree in visual arts from Laval University and a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Quebec in Montreal. She was also a scholarship recipient of the Canadian Music Competitions in piano from 1969 to 1972. She has produced more than a hundred children's books since 1983. She is particularly known for her illustrations of Caillou from 1989 to 1995, before being embroiled in a dispute that sought to make her lose control of her works.

Created Shows

Caillou
230 Episode s . Caillou is an educational Canadian children's television series, based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. During the first season, many of the stories in the animated version began with a grandmother introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story about the book. Since 1997, the narrator/grandmother is an unseen character. Caillou first aired on Canada's Teletoon channel in 1998; it later made its United States debut in English on Public Broadcasting Service Public television on September 4, 2000 A 5th Season came out in 2013 = and it airs on PBS Kids. Caillou also airs on PBS Sprout.
Caillou
230 Episode s . Caillou is an educational Canadian children's television series, based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. During the first season, many of the stories in the animated version began with a grandmother introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story about the book. Since 1997, the narrator/grandmother is an unseen character. Caillou first aired on Canada's Teletoon channel in 1998; it later made its United States debut in English on Public Broadcasting Service Public television on September 4, 2000 A 5th Season came out in 2013 = and it airs on PBS Kids. Caillou also airs on PBS Sprout.
Caillou
20 Episode s . The home and social life of a sensitive and imaginative 4-year-old boy, and the supportive family and friends that help him navigate his big feelings.
Caillou
20 Episode s . The home and social life of a sensitive and imaginative 4-year-old boy, and the supportive family and friends that help him navigate his big feelings.