There, he falls into the trusteeship of a sweet grandmotherly lady who helps him get settled into the city. Babar, following his mother's murder at the hands of white hunters, blithely follows their path back to the white city. Babar's story then unfolds as some bizarre French colonial wish fulfillment. However, this isn't enough to warrant a review. Yikes! Little orphan Babar meekly watches on, barely a tear in his elephant eye. There she is lying dead with the gloating hunter holding his rifle.
I'm not planning to add children's books to my page, but this one really took my breath away as I read it to my one year old one night.įirst of all, Babar's mother is shot on like page two. De Brunhoff and his wife are buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Many people did not notice the 10 year gap, as Laurent also showed exceptional talent in drawing elephants. The Babar books are thought to be a way for Brunhoff to share himself with his family. The first seven Babar albums were reprinted and millions of copies were sold all around the world, but they were all abridged they had 30 pages instead of the original 48. After his death, Hachette bought the printing and publishing rights to the Babar series, and ten years later Jean's eldst son, Laurent, took on his late father's role of writing and illustrating the series. He married Ceccile Sabourand, a talented pianist from a Catholic family, in 1924.īrunhoff died of tuberculosis at the age of 37. Afterwards, he decided to be a professional artist and studied painting at Academie de la Grand Chamiere. Brunhoff joined the army and reached the front lines when World War I was almost over. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious L'Ecole Alsacienne. He was the fourth and last child of Maurice de Brunhoff, a successful publisher, and his wife Marguerite. After its first appearance, six more titles followed. The stories were originally told to their second son, Mathieu, when he was sick, by his wife Cecile de Brunhoff. Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar, which first appeared in 1931.
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