New Releases by Jean de Brunhoff

Het olifantje Babar dat zijn moeder heeft verloren, wordt in de stad opgevoed door een lieve oude dame. Prentenboek met zacht gekleurde tekeningen en handgeschreven tekst. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.

Babar, the King of the Elephants, sets out to find Father Christmas and bring him back to visit the children of the elephant''s country.

After making peace with the rhinoceros, King Babar and Queen Celeste plan a model city and live happily with their friends and subjects in the country of elephants.

Babar le jeune roi des éléphants et sa femme la reine Céleste viennent de partir en ballon pour faire leur voyage de noces...

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Such joy in Celesteville! Babar and Celeste have had triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments. Between getting stuck in the treetops and being chased by a crocodile, he certainly keeps Babar on his toes, but the king readily admits, “Truly it is not easy to bring up a family, but how nice the babies are!” The fifth Babar story is a wonderful and heartwarming salute to parenthood which every Mom and Dad will appreciate.

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.

Babar and Celeste have many adventures as they travel around the world.

Collection includes the preliminary design and layout for the book (21 x 16 cm.), which contains 44 pages of graphite and watercolor sketches with the original text for the Babar story; the dummy with the original handwritten text and many of the original ink and watercolor illustrations (27 p.); Jean de Brunhoff''s notes on color for his illustrations (11 p.); draft illustrations in pencil with draft text (53 p.); watercolor studies (4 p.); and variant illustrations for the Babar cover and for the first page of the book (3 p.).