By Jean de Brunhoff (Egmont)
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3819-9
Jean de Brunhoff’s beautiful, whimsical characters return in Babar The King (first published in France in 1933 as Le Roi Babar) as the forward-looking monarch and his bride, with the dedicated help of the Old Lady, begin civilising and modernising the Kingdom of the Elephants.
Soon the wonderful city of Celesteville is completed, with broad streets, magnificent civic buildings, parks, gardens, theatres, ports and every amenity to delight and edify the populace. There is even a brand new school, but that is not so popular with every citizen!
Now every elephant has a job and vocation, but even such a paradise is capable of misfortune and they must all pull together when a great fire ravages the house of King Babar’s great friend and advisor Cornelius!
Charming and seductive, these venerable adventures are still capable of setting pulses racing and this third volume of the new Egmont editions is a must have item for the young of all ages. In a crowded market it’s good to see books that are both fresh and yet still comfortingly pedigreed.
2008 Edition. All Rights Reserved.