The story of Babar, the little elephant / Jean de Brunhoff ; translated from the French by Merle S. Haas.

Title :

The story of Babar, the little elephant

Author:

Brunhoff, Jean de, 1899-1937.

Format:

Books

Summary:

An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.

Language:

English

Audience:

AD 460 Lexile.

ISBN - ISSN:

039490575X

0394805755

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

General Note:

Translation of: Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant.

Subject:

Elephants -- Fiction.

Fiction.

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The story of Babar, the little elephant / Jean de Brunhoff ; translated from the French by Merle S. Haas.

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The classic story of literature's most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with cousins Celeste and Arthur, he returns to the great forest to be crowned King of the Elephants. With the original illustrations from Jean de Brunhoff's 1931 classic, this first Babar story has enchanted generations.

From the Hardcover edition.

Author Notes

Jean de Brunhoff 1899 - 1937 Jean de Brunhoff (born December 9, 1899) was a French writer and illustrator known for creating the Babar books, the first of which appeared in 1931. He was the fourth and youngest child of Maurice de Brunhoff, a publisher.

After the first book Histoire de Babar (The Story of Babar), six more titles followed before Jean de Brunhoff died of tuberculosis at the age of 37. He was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Many people credit Jean's wife, Cécile de Brunhoff, as the real creator of Babar.

After Jean's death, his brother Michel de Brunhoff, who was the editor of French Vogue, oversaw the publication in book form of his two last books, Babar and His Children and Babar and Father Christmas. The Babar series continues to be an international bestseller. Babar the elephant is an iconic character who has also been paid tribute by many museums worldwide.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Horn Book Review

These editions of three beloved Babar books (and one deservedly less well-known book) aren't exactly lavish gift-book editions. The paper is thin, and while these books will fit easily on bookshelves, the illustrations are less arresting than in the original oversize editions. [Review covers these titles: [cf2]Babar and His Children, Babar and Zephir, Babar the King[cf1], and [cf2]The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant[cf1].] From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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