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Title: The Story of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0-394-80575-5 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 September, 1937 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A childhood's classic.
Comment: Some children's books can be read over and over again, and Jean De Brunhoff's book about Babar, the little elephant is among them.
The copy we have in our house were purchasted in 1988 and has survived 4 kids. Out Marta is the forth one, and at age 6 she still loves to cuddle up with a smile on her face listening to the story of Babar. The very sad part for a six year old is the beginning where Babar's mother dies and Babar runs away. But Babar is lucky and meets an old lady who takes care of him. And the joy is always big in the end when Babar meets his childhood friends and cousins again in the end of the books. And even becomes a king and marries his cousin Celeste.
The book was written in 1939, but is still well worth reading for any child, and should be part of every lucky child's book collection. It will still be read again and again here in Norway, though the pages in the copy we have almost fall apart now (they can always be glued together again though)
Britt Arnhild Lindland
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting Classic
Comment: I had a beach Babar book as a child, so I bought this to share with my daughter. It is kind of bizarre, so keep in mind that it was written in the 1930's. First, Babar's mother is killed, as was the fate of most classic animal stories. Then, he decides to become more like men, HOW ODD! He wears clothes and walks on his back legs. Any time any of the elephants in this book wear clothes, they gain the instant ability to walk on their hind legs. When he returns to the elephants, he is crowned king, which is unlikely since elephants are matriarchal (they are led by females and grown males are banned from the group except during mating times). Then he marries his cousin, and they live happily ever after. In the spirit of Curious George, who was kidnapped from his home and forced to conform to human ways, this is a charming but very out-dated tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: If I were king of the foreeeeest
Comment: Thank God for the French speakers of the world. Were it not for them, Babar might not have ever been created and we would have to live in a wretched Babar-less world. As it is, however, we are blessed to have this delightful story at our fingertips at any time. The story of Babar was originally published in 1933, and it has stood the test of time with dignity and flair.
The story of Babar is simple. After his mother is shot by a cruel hunter, the little elephant runs away to a metropolitan city. Once there, he is taken under the wing of a kindly older lady. Babar then proceeds to become the greatest dandy of children's literature today. Here is the section I love the most:
"Babar then buys himself: A shirt with a collar and tie, a suit of a becoming shade of green, then a handsome derby hat, and also shoes with spats".
Contrary to popular thought, an elephant in spats is the most dignified thing in the world. With these purchases Babar has transformed himself from rural rube to the original metrosexual. He becomes cultured, learning the rudimentary aspects of human civilization while regaling party guests with his tales of the forest (note his pin-striped pants and casual dinner jacket). Eventually Babar is lured back to his jungle home and is swiftly crowned King of the elephants.
The 1933 setting in which Babar acclimatizes himself has grown more charming over the years. And most remarkably? Most older picture books contain at least one racial stereotype somewhere in the midst of a picture. Not so our darling "Babar". I feel safe in saying that you might search through any future adventure of the winsome elephant and not stumble across a single picture or piece of writing that causes you a twenty-first century gasp of disgust. This isn't to say that there aren't some rather peculiar dated aspects to the book. I read this book as a child and had a vivid visceral memory return to me when I saw the sickly state of the former King of the elephants who passed away after eating a bad mushroom. That is a grotesquerie unknown to the kiddies today. But all in all, "Babar" is without fault. Certainly he's the essence of capitalism. One might believe the elephants crown him king as much for his pretty red convertible as for his brains. But Babar is still a unique and moving tale that will continue to entertain the masses of children for years and years to come.
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Title: The Travels of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0394805763 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 September, 1937 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Babar the King by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0394805801 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 September, 1937 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Babar and His Children by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0394805771 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 February, 1954 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Babar and Zephir by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0394805798 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Babar and Father Christmas by Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0375814442 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 25 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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