Babar on Skis
Monsieur and Madame Gregory's Copy of Le voyage de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/11/monsieur-and-madame-gregorys-copy-of-le.html #JeandeBrunhoff #Skiing #Babar

#RIP - #LaurentDeBrunhoff, the author of countless books starring #BabarTheElephant , has passed away at the age of 98.

He wrote his first #Babar story when he was a child, and his father #JeanDeBrunhoff illustrated it. Since then, Babar has gone on to become one of the most famous characters in #ChildrensBooks, and has even starred in two TV shows and several movies.

#Bookstodon #Bookstodonfr #ChildrensLit #PictureBooks #Authors #Memorium

https://apnews.com/article/babar-laurent-de-brunhoff-dies-11e154513ae7406ea245be2789bc65e8

> .. he launched into a critique of Babar, the French elephant whose adventures were chronicled for children by #JeanDeBrunhoff.. Ariel described vividly the way de #Brunhoff in his elegant, oversized picture books had tortured history into the shape of a colonial tale that fit well with the French imperial mission civilatrice. He was dazzling and convincing.. he .. responded as if this were the only conceivable answer.. “I read Babar to them.”
https://tomdispatch.com/ariel-dorfman-on-the-struggle-for-america-s-soul/
#ArielDorfman