| Ramona Badescu | |
| Native Name: | Ramona Bădescu |
| Native Name Lang: | ro |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Notable Works: | Pomelo the Garden Elephant |
| Style: | Children's literature |
| Website: | Ramona-badescu.com |
Ramona Badescu (sometimes written Ramona Bădescu) is a Romanian author of children's literature, mainly known for her children book series Pomelo the Garden Elephant.
Born in Romania, Badescu immigrated to France at the age of 10.
Badescu has published 25 books in French since 2002, some of which were translated into English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, German, Korean, Norwegian, and Greek. Her most popular children book series, Pomelo the Garden Elephant (illustrations by Benjamin Chaud), follows the adventures of a tiny garden elephant about the size of a dandelion. The series began in 2003 with Pomelo est bien sous son pissenlit ("Pomelo is well under his dandelion"). In Pomelo Begins to Grow (2011), the tiny elephant starts to grow up and wonders about his body changes.[1]