Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences ...

Few children’s books have been as successful immediately upon publication as Histoire de Babar, published first in France in 1931 and then two years later as The Story of Babar in the U.S., complete ...

Animated adventure, adapted from stories by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff, in which the king defends Elephantland from marauding rhinos. Voices...Adult Babar: Gordon Pinsent. Boy Babar: Gavin Magrath.

PARIS—It's a small show, but a nostalgic delight for anyone who grew up with Babar, Celeste, Arthur and the other pachyderm denizens of Celesteville, a thatched-roof village planted firmly in ...

On the society page of the New York Herald Tribune one day last week appeared the following item: “Mr. and Mrs. Debar de Brunhoff, of Paris, announce the birth of triplets, Pom, Flore and Alexandre, ...