Stéphanie Blake (born 1968 in

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) is an

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who lives in

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. She had been published by

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, ''l'école des loisirs'' and

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. Her works have been translated from French into English, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese,

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and Italian.

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.,

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