Since then, millions and millions of Babar books have been sold all around the world. Yet he managed to produce a total of seven Babar books before his death at the age of 37. Sadly, de Brunhoff soon discovered that he had tuberculosis, which obliged him to spend a lot of his time in a Swiss sanatorium. Yoto says: The beloved tale of Babar, an adventurous elephant that has enchanted children for generations. The next day the boys retold the story to their father, and the expanded and developed result was The Story of Babar (1931).

But Babar is the kind of elephant who doesn't just rest on charity he works hard to learn people's ways and be accepted into society. In the early 2000s my parents read The Story of Babar the Little Elephant to me, using my mother’s worn copy from the late 1960s. The couple had three sons (Laurent, 1925), (Mathieu, 1926) and Thierry (1934), and Babar first appeared as an unnamed baby elephant in a bedtime story told by Cecile to Laurent and Mathieu when they were six and five years old respectively. Babar runs from a hunter who killed his mother, finally coming to a town where he makes friends with a rich benefactor. De Brunhoff's wife Cecile, whom he married in 1924, was a successful pianist, and also contributed to her husband's success by coming up with the original idea for Babar. Youre invited to Babars coronation Jean de Brunhoffs popular childrens story of one little elephants epic rise from rags to riches is eloquently set. After the armistice, he decided to become a professional artist and studied painting at the Academie de la Grand Chamiere in Montparnasse. In this project, they are joined by narrator Steve Staruch, of Classical MPR, and pianist William Eddins, music director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He enjoyed a prestigious education, before joining the French army and fighting on the front lines at the end of the First World War. Born in Paris, de Brunhoff was the fourth and last child of a successful publisher.

Jean de Brunhoff Frenchman Jean de Brunhoff is considered to be one of the greatest picture book authors in history.

The story of babar the little elephant