Stéphanie Blake (born 1968 in Northfield, Minnesota) is an

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of children's stories who lives in

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. She had been published by

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, ''l'école des loisirs'' and Gecko Press. Her works have been translated from French into English, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Māori and Italian.

Simon

Blake is best known for her children's picture book series "Simon", about the titular anthropomorphic rabbit, which in 2016 was adapted into an animated series, and has since been seen around the world.

Books in English

Published by Gecko Press: *2011 – ''Poo Bum'', 32pp., *2012 – ''Stupid Baby'', 36pp., *2013 – ''A Deal's A Deal'', 32pp., *2014 − ''I Don't Want to Go to School'', 28pp., *2015 – ''I Want Spaghetti!'', 32pp., *2016 – ''Super Rabbit'', 32pp., *2017 – ''I Can't Sleep'', 40pp., *2018 – ''I'm the Biggest'', 32pp., *2019 – ''Nits'', 32pp., *2020 – ''Wooolf!'',

Other publications

Te reo Māori translation of ''Poo Bum'': * 2019 – ''Paraweta'', (Gecko Press) 32pp., Games: * 2016 – Poo Bum Memory Card Game.,

References

American children's writers 1968 births Living people American expatriates in France 21st-century American women writers {{France-writer-stub