by Jean de Brunhoff
As a child, I did not get to read any of the Babar books. I mostly read a bunch of Clifford and Dr. Seuss when I was younger so when I saw the original at the library a while back, I decided to give it a try. And I found that it's a pretty nice story. The book follows the life of Babar. From the t...
My kids got this book as a hand-me-down from someone (the inscription on the cover is "To Ben, Christmas 1974," but we don't have any Ben's in the immediate family), and lately my three-year-old has been requesting it almost every night. Frankly, as with many French things, I don't see the appeal. ...
Recently, my family rented a cabin for a week. Now, most cabins have a collection of books that the owners leave around, and it's usually along the lines of a swap shelf with a bunch of thrillers, romance novels, and the lesser known works of 70s scifi authors. This cabin was notable in the quality ...
What a very odd story! On one hand this is a very silly story about an elephant who gains some sophistication in the big city returning to rule and civilize his old herd. I think that is all children see. But on the other hand there are some disturbing elements - death, violence and colonial atti...
This first book of the Babar series explains how Babar came to live in a town with people and how he comes to be who he is in all subsequent tales. This one never grows old especially now with the sad demise of the elephant herds.
Enjoyed this as a child.
I have more sympathy for Babar here, where he is shown lost and orphaned. To some extent I think most children feel like orphans being raised by people constantly making weird demands upon them in an order to civilize them. That said, it is disappointing that he doesn't use his adult size and streng...
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