He marries his cousin Celeste, and they set off in a balloon for their honeymoon trip around the world. Then, after the King of the Elephants, who has eaten a poisonous mushroom, dies, the council of elephants asks Babar to become the new King of the elephant kingdom. Babar is a young elephant who, when his mother is shot and killed by a hunter, runs away from the jungle, visits an unspecified big city where he is befriended by an old lady who buys him clothes and enrolls him in school, and, when found by his cousins Celeste and Arthur, returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants. The Story of Babar The Little Elephant (originally published in 1931 as Histoire de Babar republished in 1933 in English by Random House Books for Young Readers). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.īrunhoff, Jean de. (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)ĭisclosure: Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. Book: The Story of Babar The Little Elephant
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