5/10/2023 0 Comments Babar and father christmas 1940![]() ![]() Due to the role she played in the concept of the Babar story, many sources continue to refer to her as its creator. It was originally planned that the book's title page would describe the story as told by Jean and Cecile de Brunhoff but she had her name removed. The boys took a liking to the story of the little elephant who left the jungle for a city resembling Paris so much that they took it to their father and asked him if he could illustrate it, and he turned it into a picture book, with text. The Babar books began as a bedtime story that his wife Cecile invented for their two sons, when they were four and five years old, respectively. He then decided to become a professional artist and studied painting at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. ![]() ![]() During the latter part of World War I he joined the French Army and served on the front lines when war was almost over. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious Ecole Alsacienne. Born the youngest of four children, his father was a publisher. He is best remembered for creating the Babar the Elephant books, about an orphaned baby elephant, that was first appeared in 1931 and became an instant success. ![]()
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