Béatrice Lalinon Gbado is a

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from Benin. She has written 31 children's books published by EDICEF, an

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of the French publisher

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, and by her own

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house Ruisseaux d'Afrique based in

Cotonou Cotonou (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The ci ...

. She is married and has four children.http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/LalinonGbado.html "Béatrice LALINON GBADO", University of Western Australia/French, 1 August 2003

Publication

* ''Les fruits'' * ''Les animaux domestiques'' * ''Les légumes et condiments'' * ''Les formes et les couleurs'' * ''Nos instruments de musique'' * ''Fleurs et papillons'' * ''Les maisons de chez nous'' * ''La cuisine de grand-mère'' * ''La mère et l'enfant'' * ''Ganvié'' * ''Danse mon petit, danse'' * ''Bovi, le petit cabri'' * ''Bovi et le miroir'' * ''Bovi sait compter'' * ''Toutou et le sachet'' * ''Kouaba, le village en sursis'' * ''Le rêve de Siba'' * ''Kaïvi, l’enfant placée'' * ''La petite carpe dorée'' * ''Le planteur et la bague'' * ''Course à pirogue'' * ''Kouaba, le village en sursis'' * ''Le rêve de Siba'' * ''Kaïvi, l’enfant placée'' * ''La petite carpe dorée'' * ''Le planteur et la bague'' * ''Course à pirogue'' * ''Le rat et le serpent'' * ''Chevaux fabuleux'' * ''La gifle'' * ''Le nénuphar de Bola'' * ''Mémé'' * ''Hêdomey'' * ''En marche vers la liberté Tomes1 et 2'' * ''La belle Dêbo'' * ''Les aventures de Biki''

English translations

* ''Beautiful Debo: a story from Benin'' Translator Ponce E. Kokou Zannou, Africa Christian Press, 2001,

References

Beninese women writers Beninese women children's writers 20th-century women writers 20th-century Beninese writers 1984 births Living people {{Benin-writer-stub