#JeanDeBrunhoff was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1899, creating the books bringing #Babar le petit éléphant to life out of a bedtime story; Jean died of tuberculosis at 37 in 1937 but Laurent carried on his work...

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🐘BABAR DREAMED OF A GREAT CITY full of elephants—where they could all live in peace and happiness!🐘

~Histoire de Babar, 1931

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🐘"Babar dreamed of a great city full of elephants, where they could all live in peace and happiness.🐘

~Histoire de Babar, 1931

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Jean de Brunhoff

Babar

Babar

Babar

#JeanDeBrunhoff was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1899, writing "The Story of Babar" (1931) & six more books only three of which were published before he died of #tuberculosis at the age of 37 in 1937; vive Babar le roi des #éléphants~!
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Jean de Brunhoff

Babar

#JeanDeBrunhoff was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1899, creating the books bringing #Babar le petit éléphant to life out of a bedtime story that Jean & Cécile told children, Mathieu & Laurent; Jean died of tuberculosis at 37 in 1937 but Laurent carried on his work:
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Try this on for size.
Monsieur and Madame Gregory's Copy of Le voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/11/mons... #JeandeBrunhoff #Babar

Embark on a grand adventure with The Travels of Babar— mflibra.com/products/193... —a rare 1934 first English edition by Jean de Brunhoff.
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Embark on a grand adventure with The Travels of Babar— mflibra.com/products/193... —a rare 1934 first English edition by Jean de Brunhoff.
#BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #Babar #JeanDeBrunhoff #RareBooks

Babar on Skis
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Le voyage de Babar. Translation, please?
Monsieur and Madame Gregory's Copy of Le voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/11/mons... #JeandeBrunhoff #Babar

Hat trick.
Monsieur and Madame Gregory's Copy of Le voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/11/mons... #JeandeBrunhoff #Babar

Laurent de Brunhoff

Babar

#LaurentDeBrunhoff was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1925, best known for continuing the #Babar series begun by his father #JeanDeBrunhoff for his sons Laurent & Mathieu in 1930; vive le roi des éléphants~!

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