Ramona Badescu (sometimes written Ramona Bădescu) is a

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author of

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. Born in

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, Badescu immigrated to

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at the age of 10. She has published 25 books in

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since 2002, that have subsequently been translated into English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, German, Korean, Norwegian, and Greek. Badescu's most popular children book series, Pomelo the Garden Elephant, follows the adventures of the titled

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, who is a tiny garden elephant about the size of a

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. The series, which is illustrated by Benjamin Chaud, began in 2003 with ''Pomelo est bien sous son pissenlit'' ("Pomelo is well under his dandelion") which has not yet been translated in English. There are currently 13 books available in the Pomelo series in French (

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) and 4 translated into English (Enchanted Lion Books).

Bibliography

* ''Pomelo Begins to Grow'' (2011) Enchanted Lion Books * ''Pomelo Explores Color'' (2012) Enchanted Lion Books * ''Pomelo's Opposites'' (2013) Enchanted Lion Books * ''Pomelo's Big Adventure'' (2014) Enchanted Lion Books * ''Big Rabbit's Bad Mood'' (2009) Chronicle Books

References

Enchanted Lion Books

Albin Michel: Auteur Ramona Badescu
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