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2 unusual facts about Babar the Elephant


Cecile de Brunhoff

Cecile de Brunhoff (née Sabouraud) (October 16, 1903 – April 7, 2003) was a French storyteller and the creator of the original Babar story.

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier's father, Lucien Vogel, an editor, created the magazine Vu in 1928; her mother, Cosette de Brunhoff, sister of the creator of Babar the Elephant, was a fashion photographer.


Come over to My House

The book was the 44th in Beginner Books series, in between B-43: You Will Live Under the Sea (1966) by F. & M. Phleger and B-45: Babar Loses His Crown (1967), by Laurent de Brunhoff.

Dalia Friedland

Among them : "shmoolik the Porcupne" (shmoolikipod), "Shubi the teddy bear" (Shubi Dubi) by Gideon Koren, Babar the Elephant, barbapapa, Lady and the Tramp and many others.

Frank Luther

These included Babar Songs and Stories, an LP of retellings of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar the Elephant series he recorded for Vocalion Records in the early 1960s.

Laurent de Brunhoff

Laurent de Brunhoff (born August 30, 1925, Paris, France) is an author and illustrator, known primarily for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children's books, created by his father, Jean de Brunhoff.

Peter Sauder

Peter Sauder is a Canadian film and TV writer, television producer and animator best known for his contributions to Nelvana franchises such as Care Bears (whose three movies he wrote), Babar, Strawberry Shortcake and Droids.


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