Books by Laurent de Brunhoff
Voyage De Babar (French Edition)
by Laurent de Brunhoff, Jean De Brunhoff
Babar et Céleste partent pour leur voyage de noces en ballon. Ils sont surpris par une tempête et s'échouent sur une île déserte où ils sont attaqués par de féroces cannibales. Ils parviennent à s'échapper puis sont repêchés par un grand bateau où ils sont emprisonnés et donnés à un cirque. Quand enfin ils parviennent à rejoindre le royaume avec l'aide de la vielle dame, une guerre avec les rhinocéros est en marche. Mais grâce à un stratagème de Babar, les éléphants resteront sains et saufs.
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Babar's Yoga for Elephants
Well before yoga became fashionable via Sting and Madonna, the beloved elephant king Babar and all the residents of Celesteville were finding peace and tranquillity through yoga. And now elephants everywhere can join them! Through easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, Babar's Yoga for Elephants presents 15 positions and stretches as well as helpful breathing exercises. The book also provides useful advice on what to do with your trunk while in position, a dilemma that human yoga books often ignore.
Written by Babar himself, the book explains how yoga was introduced to Celesteville and how he and Queen Celeste keep fit doing yoga on their many travels. Babar's Yoga for Elephants is sure to become a classic for elephants as well as their human friends.
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Babar's Yoga for Elephants
Fans of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar the Elephant stories and yoga practitioners will find a happy confluence in Babar's Yoga for Elephants." ―Publishers Weekly "Babar makes it work. He stars in one of the nicest gift books." ―The New York Times Perfect for everyone who loves yoga or elephants - a NEW Babar book Well before yoga became fashionable via Sting and Madonna, our friend Babar and all the residents of Celesteville were finding peace and tranquillity through yoga. And now elephants everywhere can join them! Through easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, Babar's Yoga for Elephants presents 15 positions and stretches as well as helpful breathing exercises. The book also provides useful advice on what to do with your trunk while in position, a dilemma that human yoga books often ignore. Written by Babar himself, the book explains how yoga was introduced to Celesteville and how he and Celeste keep fit doing yoga on their many travels. Babar's Yoga for Elephants is a classic for elephants as well as their human friends.
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Babar's ABC
With a little help from the entire cast from Celesteville, Babar introduces the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, including a single word for each letter and featuring dozens of illustrated, alliterative sentences.
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babars-usa
Celebrate Babar as he celebrates America! An all-new Babar book featuring photos of the USA collaged with original Babar illustrations for an exciting tour of modern America In a new picture book featuring the internationally beloved and bestselling Babar, the lovable elephant and his family travel across the United States. Using collage―watercolor illustrations were pasted onto digital photographs―to put the characters directly into real-life scenes, Laurent de Brunhoff takes Babar and his family around the country to see the sights, from New York, where they see such icons as the Brooklyn Bridge and FAO Schwarz; to Memphis, Tennessee, where they see Graceland; to Key West, Florida, where they enjoy the beach; to Wyoming, where they see Yellowstone National Park; and to California, where they see the La Brea Tar Pits, the Golden Gate Bridge, and more; and to everywhere in between. The innovative format and clever design are perfect complements to the reissue of Babar Comes to America. Readers new and familiar will revisit this volume to see the sights and will be inspired to pack their trunks and head out across the country.
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Babar the Magician
Things don't turn out as well as Babar expects when he gives his first magic show and Zephir the monkey floats out of the palace in a deep trance.
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Babar's World Tour
Following the phenomenal success of Babar's Yoga for Elephants and Babar's Museum, Larent de Brunhoff's latest, all-new Babar adventure will take children on a world tour they'll never forget!
As Babar said to his children, "We are taking you around the world." And so he does in Babar's World Tour, the latest from the venerable storyteller and artist Laurent de Brunhoff. Our favorite elephant family visits a number of countries around the globe. First stop is Italy where they learn to say, "Buon Giorno! Hello!" After that, its' off to Germany, Spain (where they learn to flamenco dance!), Russia, India, Japan and Thailand (for snorkeling). Then Mexico, the Southwest United States, Egypt, Antarctica, and of course, France (just in time for a fashion show!).
In this adventurous addition to the Babar series, children are introduced to an international array of cities, customs and languages as they learn to say "hello" in each new country. Babar's World Tour is enjoyable and entertaining for armchair travelers of all ages.
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Babar's Battle
Discord between the elephants and the rhinoceroses threatens to lead to war, but King Babar has a plan of his own.
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Babar's Busy Year
Readers of all ages can enjoy the change of seasons as they follow Babar and his family throughout the year as they prepare for Halloween, go on a skiing trip, plant a flower garden, and have picnics by the lake.
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Babar Visits Another Planet
Babar and his family are abducted and taken by rocket ship to an unknown planet where the residents are very hospitable and there are many interesting sights to see.
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Babar Visits Another Planet
Blast off on a thrilling, action-packed adventure in outer space! Babar’s fame has spread to the farthest corners of the universe, as he discovers when he and his family are abducted by aliens. Fortunately, the aliens are friendly, but will Babar and his family be able to find a way home to Celesteville? Babar Visits Another Planet has valuable lessons of tolerance and acceptance for our times.
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Babar's Gallery
Everyone who loves art, Babar, or children will love Babar's Museum of Art.
The old train station in Celesteville stands empty—should it be torn down? "No!" declare Celeste and Babar, who decide to turn it into an art museum.
Their children (like many young museumgoers) have a lot of questions about art: "Does it have to be pretty? Does it have to be old? Does it have to make sense?" Celeste's patient answers explain the basic ideas of art appreciation.
Babar and Celeste's generous donations to the new museum include witty and striking elephant-inspired versions of Michelangelo's Creation of Man, Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, and Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus, along with many other celebrated paintings. Children and adults will want to visit Babar's Museum of Art again and again.
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Babar's Mystery
While vacationing at Celesteville-on-the-Sea, the Babar family matches wits with a bold gang of thieves, in a tale first published in 1978.
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Babar's Rescue (Harry N. Abrams)
When Babar and Isabelle go on a camping trip, the king is captured by mysterious striped elephants and it is up to Isabelle, with the help of a monkey, a lion, and a snake, to rescue him.
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Babar Loses His Crown
Babar and his family see the sights of Paris while trying to find the man who accidentally switched his bag with the one containing Babar's crown, in a tale first published in 1967.
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Babar Bedtime
by Laurent de Brunhoff, Jean De Brunhoff, Peter Wolski
It's time for Babar's elephant children to go to bed, but they are hiding from the great king, in a board book featuring the world-famous elephant family.
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Babar Comes to America
A vintage look at life in America, seen from the eyes of one of the world’s most famous elephants and freshly reissued for a new generation Originally published in 1965, Babar Comes to America is one of Laurent de Brunhoff’s most popular books, and it is in print again for the first time in many years. Babar, king of the elephants, receives an invitation to meet with the president of the United States―the perfect excuse for a family vacation! None of the elephants have been to America before, so Babar packs up his family and sets off to see the sights. From the hustle and bustle of New York to the wide open spaces of the Grand Canyon, from riding streetcars in San Francisco to fishing on Lake Michigan, Babar and his family experience America in all its glory and splendor. With Laurent de Brunhoff’s thoughtful observations and lovable characters, which have made Babar a household name since 1931, this nostalgic look at the USA more than thirty years ago will captivate young readers as they marvel at how much has changed, while adults will take a trip down memory lane and see sights, signs, and more that had been forgotten.
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Babar's Book of Color
This Babar classic is a fresh and fun introduction to exploring the world of color.
A visit to Babar’s art studio turns into an adventure in colors and their combinations for Pom, Flora, Alexander, and Isabelle. Before they know it, they’re painting tan camels, pink flamingoes, blue whales, and of course, gray elephants!
Babar was called by the New York Times a “beloved storybook character,” was praised by Where the Wild Things Are creator Maurice Sendak as “at the very heart of my conception of what turns a picture book into a work of art,” was featured in USA TODAY, which said, “Few series have had such enduring appeal to young readers,” and cited in The New Yorker, which wrote, “There are a few parents who haven’t tried the Babar books, and the rare small child who doesn’t like, or even love them.”
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B Is for Babar: An Alphabet Book
Author and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff continues his father Jean de Brunhoff’s wondrous Babar children’s series with this introduction to the alphabet for the littlest learners.
B Is for Babar takes readers through an alphabet of fun with Babar and his family. Arthur plays the accordion, Flora feeds the fish, and more! Young children will love this bite-size adaptation of the classic picture book Babar’s ABC.
“While the illustrations will appeal to toddlers, this board book could be shared with older preschoolers as well.” —Booklist
Babar was called by the New York Times a “beloved storybook character,” was praised by Where the Wild Things Are creator Maurice Sendak as “at the very heart of my conception of what turns a picture book into a work of art,” was featured in USA TODAY, which said, “Few series have had such enduring appeal to young readers,” and cited in The New Yorker, which wrote, “There are a few parents who haven’t tried the Babar books, and the rare small child who doesn’t like, or even love them.”
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Babar and His Family (Babar (Harry N. Abrams))
Laurent de Brunhoff’s Babar and His Family is a lively adaptation of the classic picture book Meet Babar and His Family.
Join this royal family on a year full of adventures! Whether they’re sailing the summer seas, building snow elephants, or enjoying a surprise ice cream treat with Cousin Arthur, these elephants sure know how to have fun.
Babar was called by the New York Times a “beloved storybook character,” was praised by Where the Wild Things Are creator Maurice Sendak as “at the very heart of my conception of what turns a picture book into a work of art,” was featured in USA TODAY, which said, “Few series have had such enduring appeal to young readers,” and cited in The New Yorker, which wrote, “There are a few parents who haven’t tried the Babar books, and the rare small child who doesn’t like, or even love them.”
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Babar's Counting Book
Learn to count from 1 to 20 with the King of the Elephants! Babar teaches his children how to count to 20 as they take a walk and notice the things around them, like one maribou bird, two hot-air balloons in the sky, three race cars, and much more! This counting book shows readers that numbers are all around them.
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Babar's Little Girl
Babar and Celeste have a new little girl! Isabelle is playful, spunky, and curious—maybe a bit too curious. One day Isabelle wanders off, and while she has a lovely day playing with the neighbors, everyone at home thinks she’s lost! This warm and humorous adventure reminds young children not to run off on their own.
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Babar's Guide to Paris
Babar’s Guide to Paris is a must-have picture book for fans of Babar, as well as for anyone planning a family trip to Paris.
Babar the elephant, one of the most beloved and classic characters in children’s literature, showcases his favorites in this memorable trip to Paris. Laurent de Brunhoff’s Paris is filled with charming elephants on every page as they enjoy all the sights and sounds of the City of Lights.
When Babar’s youngest daughter, Isabelle, heads to Paris on her own for the first time, he tells her how to enjoy the iconic city to the fullest. An expert Francophile, Babar recommends food, including cafes, street markets, and brassieres; he also offers the best sightseeing tips, especially observing the Eiffel Tower from every angle, walking along the banks of the Seine, visiting the Louvre and Orangerie museums, and exploring the Luxembourg Gardens.
There’s even a postcard-perfect opening scene that features the Babar family visiting the Notre Dame Cathedral. Babar shares why an elephant may be surprised by the size of an elevator, how to take the metro, how to find a restaurant to call your own, and to walk—walk as much as possible to see everything that Paris has to offer. In the end, Isabelle is encouraged to enjoy her travels, but she is also lovingly reminded to always come home to Celesteville and her family.
Readers will be eager to journey to Paris with Babar.
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