Story of Babar

Name: Story of Babar
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ISBN: 9780394805757

ISBN-10: 0394805755

ISBN-13: 9780394805757

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jean. De Brunhoff

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The classic first story about literature’s most beloved pachyderm. 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. He becomes educated and cultured and, upon his return to the great forest, is crowned King of the Elephants. Translated from Jean de Brunhoff's original French, the adventures of the world's most popular elephant and his friends have enchanted an three generations. Delightfully amusing illustrations make this short collection of classic Babar tales a book to treasure for children young and old.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 9/12/1937
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 56
Size: 8.38" wide x 11.31" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Jean de Brunhoff 1899 - 1937 Jean de Brunhoff was born in 1899 and began the Babar series after his wife had told their children a story of a bear who became king. He painted pictures of little Babar and it became a story that children still love today. Jean de Brunhoff died of tuberculosis in 1937.