Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Delightfully amusing illustrations make this short collection of classic Babar tales a book to treasure for children young and old. 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. First published in the 1930s, this charming French classic tells the story of what happens to baby elephant Babar as he grows up. In the early 2000s my parents read The Story of Babar the Little Elephant to me, using my mother’s worn copy from the late 1960s. : The Story of Babar, the little elephant. He becomes educated and cultured and, upon his return to the great forest, is crowned King of the Elephants. 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. The classic first story about literature' s most beloved pachyderm. 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. An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but he eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.

The story of babar the little elephant