The Story of Babar: The classic tale of an adventurous elephant that has enchanted generations of readers!

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Whilst it is obviously a classic children's book, care needs to be taken insofar that Babar's mother get shot and killed by a hunter about 6 pages into the story and, later on, the King Elephant dies after eating a poisonous mushroom. Kohl and Vivian Paley, [21] have argued that, although superficially delightful, the stories can be seen as a justification for colonialism. Surely the happy effect this has on the reader, and the elephants, is not the result of our (or their) having been propagandized to accept colonial hegemony.

Corners lightly bumped, slight sunning to spine tips, near fine in soiled but complete dust jacket with a one half inch chip to lower spine, shallow chipping to upper spine and corners and crazing to spine panel and some tape reinforcement to verso at spine ends, in mylar cover.The charming maquette is hand-sewn with bright red binding thread and the title page clearly shows that, originally, Cécile de Brunhoff was to be credited along with Jean.

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. Capitalism is elided, as are unnecessary “middlemen,” in this perfect Comtian economy, in which each does his job and receives his goods. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar escapes to the city, where he meets The Old Lady and becomes educated living among men. A chain of elephants, trunks and tails linked, wanders, with a mixture of upbeat energy and complacent pride, along the endpapers of a children’s book. The portfolio in which the limitation certificate, maquette and sketches are presented is also quarter-bound in cloth – red this time to match Babar’s famous car.Jean de Brunhoff, a trained painter, worked hard to make his Babar illustrations as simple as possible. Jean de Brunhoff’s exquisite stories have charmed readers around the world for 80 years, and fans can now cherish a collection of his tales in this beautiful gift book.