Babar's cousins Celeste and Arthur find him in the big city and help him return to the Elephant realm. He is befriended by the Old Lady, who buys him clothes and hires him a tutor. Story synopsis Īfter Babar's mother is shot and killed by a hunter, he flees the jungle and finds his way to an unspecified big city with no particular characteristics. He marries his cousin, Celeste, and they subsequently have children and teach them valuable lessons. Because of his travels and civilization, Babar is chosen king of the elephant kingdom. Just as he returns to his community of elephants, their king dies from eating a bad mushroom. Babar escapes, and in the process leaves the jungle in exile, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants.
It tells of a young African elephant, named Babar, whose mother is killed by a hunter. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. Gavin Magrath (young 1989 TV series and movie)īabar, Doctor of Letters, King of the ElephantsĪrthur (brother-in-law), Badou (grandson), Lulu (granddaughter), Periwinkle (daughter-in-law), Cory (son-in-law)īabar the Elephant ( UK: / ˈ b æ b ɑːr/, US: / b ə ˈ b ɑːr/ French pronunciation: ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. Gordon Pinsent (1989–2015 2 TV series and movie)ĭan Lett (1999–2000 movie and TV series) Cover of the first Babar story, Histoire de Babar ( Story of Babar), published 1931.
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