How well do you remember the story of Babar the Elephant? In many ways, the French children’s book, created in 1931 by Jean de Brunhoff, is the story of a renaissance man. Despite a tragic beginning ...

The miraculous moment when line and color quicken into art occurs as gladly in children’s picture books as in medieval Psalters. A Francophone elephant in a green suit belongs to the natural history ...

The 80th anniversary of children’s favourite Babar the elephant was being celebrated today at the Library of Birmingham. As part of the Young Readers Festival 2013, the library held a party where ...

Children made a trunk call to the Library of Birmingham to celebrate the 80th birthday of a much-loved cartoon character. A tusk force of youngsters descended on the building for Babar the elephant’s ...

(CNN) — Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original books for his “Babar the Elephant” series, has died aged 98. De Brunhoff died at ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died.

Babar, king of the elephants and one of the most adored childhood cartoons around the world, is almost 93 years old and is currently having a little problem... a drinking problem. It's not just Babar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king ...