Petit Futé (founded 1976) is a series of French

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broadly equivalent to the

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series in English or the competing French 'Guides du routard' series.''Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture'' Page 467 Alex Hughes, Keith Reader - 1998 "A more recent wave of guides catering for the young and/or financially challenged includes 'Petit futé' series, dealing not only with restaurants but also with shops, accommodation and a variety of services on a town-by-town basis, and the 'Guides du routard', whose Liberation-like use of language and happy-go-lucky cover designs clearly target the discriminating backpacker market " The series also publishes some works in English, such as ''Petit Futé Best of France.'' The term ''

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'' means "little wily one," implying in this case for the wily and cost-conscious traveller, and the imprint's logo is a (wily) fox.

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