Geneviève Huriet
Geneviève Huriet (b. August 24, 1927 in France

France

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) is the author of the Beechwood Bunny Tales

Beechwood Bunny Tales

Beechwood Bunny Tales is a series of children's books written by French author Geneviève Huriet and illustrated by Loïc Jouannigot. The original books have been published in France by Éditions Milan since 1987. English translations of the first seven stories were released in the United States...

(La Famille Passiflore) children's book series. Huriet lives in Paris

Paris

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 with her diplomat husband and four children, and has travelled abroad in Japan

Japan

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, Britain

United Kingdom

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, Angola

Angola

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 and elsewhere. She once worked as a librarian, and began writing for her nine grandchildren before launching her career.

Her works have been published by Éditions Milan, Grasset Jeunesse and Albin Michel in her native country. Only the first seven Beechwood stories have seen English translations from Gareth Stevens

Gareth Stevens

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 (in 1991 and 1992).

A European TV show

The Bellflower Bunnies

The Bellflower Bunnies is an animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001...

based on the Beechwood books was launched in late December 2001.