Xavier Armange (born 17 June 1947 in
Nantes
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) is a French writer and illustrator of
children's books
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. After studying literature, he worked in the communications industry and created an advertising agency, while at the same time embarking on a career of writing and illustrating children's books. He has written more than twenty books and albums and also writes in the children's press. In 1995 he established a publishing house in
Les Sables-d'Olonne
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which publishes a dozen books per year.
Bibliography
(English language only)
*Find-a-Word in the City
*Find-a-Word in the Country
*Find-a-Word on Vacation
American edition Derrydale Books, New York City
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French children's writers
20th-century French illustrators
Writers from Nantes
1947 births
Living people
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French illustrators