Béatrice Lalinon Gbado is a

children's writer Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

from

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

. She has written 31 children's books published by EDICEF, an imprint of the French publisher Hachette, and by her own

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house Ruisseaux d'Afrique based in

Cotonou Cotonou (; ) is the largest 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 city lies ...

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