Martine Beck#Biography

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Martine Beck (born 1947) is a French psychotherapist, as well as an author of picture books and other children's literature.

Biography

Beck is a lifelong citizen of Paris, her city of birth. She studied child psychology and French literature at the University of Paris.{{cite web |url=http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteurs/recherche/1584-martine-beck |title=Les auteurs: Martine Beck |author= |website=ricochet-jeunes.org |publisher=Institut suisse Jeunesse et Médias |language=French |accessdate=19 September 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ecoledesloisirs.fr/php-edl/auteurs/fiche-auteur-nvo.php?fAuteur=709 |title=Martine Beck |author= |website=ecoledesloisirs.fr |publisher=L'école des loisirs |language=French |accessdate=18 September 2014}}

Perhaps her most commercially successful books are Le Mariage d'Ours Brun et d'Ourse Blanche (1989), Ours Brun et Ourse Blanche sous l'avalanche (1990), and Balibar et les oursonnes (1991). They tell a story of two lonely bears, Brown Bear and White Bear, who find each other, marry, and have a son: Balibar. But when they have twins, Balibar feels abandoned.

These books, illustrated by Marie H. Henry, have been translated into English as The Wedding of Brown Bear and White Bear (1990), The Rescue of Brown Bear and White Bear (1991), and Benjamin and the Bear Twins (1992), respectively.{{cite journal |author= |date=July–August 1995 |title=Books for Children: Fiction |url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/bbr/1995/4-julaug.txt |journal=Braille Book Review |publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped |location=Washington |volume=64 |issue=4 |issn=0006-873X |accessdate=16 September 2014}}{{cite journal |author= |title=The Rescue of Brown Bear and White Bear |journal=Young Children |publisher=National Association for the Education of Young Children |volume=48 |page=69}}{{cite book |last=May |first=Frank B. |title=Reading as Communication |edition=4th |date=1994 |publisher=Merrill |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/readingascommuni0000mayf_v2o8/page/171 171] |isbn=9780023782428 |oclc=27935016 |url=https://archive.org/details/readingascommuni0000mayf_v2o8/page/171 }} Her books have also been translated into German, Chinese, Japanese, and Greek.

FilmFair adapted the Brown Bear and White Bear stories into two animated television films (Brown Bear's Wedding and White Bear's Secret), with screenplays by Barbara Slade.

Bibliography

=Picture books=

==Illustrated by Joëlle Boucher==

Tu te souviens? (2001)
{{Nihongo||おぼえている?|Oboeteiru?|lead=yes}} (2002)
Mélina fabrique son miel (2002){{cite web |url=http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteurs/recherche/1584-martine-beck |title=Les collections jeunesse |author= |website=ricochet-jeunes.org |publisher=Institut suisse Jeunesse et Médias |language=French |accessdate=19 September 2014}}
Priscilla tisse sa toile (2002)
Soleillou perd sa queue (2002)
Talpa cherche son repas (2002)
Titine se réveille (2002)
Tout-Roux fait ses provisions (2002)
Zinzine fait son nid (2002)
Sublime devient papillon (2003)