Babar the Elephant is a popular French children's fictional character who first appeared in L'Histoire du Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success. English language versions entitled The Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and the USA. The story is based on a tale de Brunhoff's wife, Cecile, had invented for their children. It tells of a young elephant called Babar who leaves the jungle, visits a big city, and returns to br ...

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Babar is the son of the King of the Elephants but Babar's mother is killed by cruel hunters, and wandering alone he finds his way to France where he is brought up by the Old Lady in Paris. He eventually returns to the Elephant realm following the death of the previous King, who had eaten some poisonous mushrooms. In later books Babar marries his cousin, Celeste, and founds the city of Celesteville. Babar, who tends to wear a bright green suit, introduces a very French form of western civilization to the e ...

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Jean de Brunhoff wrote and illustrated seven Babar books; the series was continued by his son Laurent. Jean de Brunhoff's Babar books were: Histoire de Babar (1931) Le Voyage de Babar (1932) Le Roi Babar (1933) L'ABC de Babar (1934) Les vacances de Zéphir (1936) Babar en famille (1938) Babar et le père Noël (1941) Laurent de Brunhoff's books: Babar et ce coquin d'Arthur - 1948 See also:

Babar the Elephant, Babar the Elephant - Story of Babar, Babar the Elephant - Criticism, Babar the Elephant - List of Babar books, Babar the Elephant - List of Babar films and television programmes

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