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Babar and His Children (Babar Books (Random House)) | 
| Author: Jean De Brunhoff
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
List Price: $15.95
Buy Used: $0.01
as of 7/30/2010 07:52 PDT details
Seller: greattimebooks
Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st jacketed hardcover ed
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0394805771
EAN: 9780394805771
Publication Date: February 12, 1954
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review
One of Jean de Brunhoff's five original Babar stories, Babar and His Children tells how the royal elephant and Queen Celeste await the birth of their first child... and discover to their surprise that they have three! The loyal townsfolk bring gifts, and the babies are named before being weighed by wise Dr. Capoulosse (he of the stern expression and pince-nez). Then it's time for young Flora, Pom, and Alexander to get into a series of scrapes and be saved by the bravery and good sense of either their parents or other animals. Brunhoff's charming, faintly Edwardian illustrations never cease to capture the imagination, and this particular story has something in it for every member of a young family--even if some members of your family are merely human. (Ages 2 to 6) --Richard Farr
Product Description
Such joy in Celesteville! Babar and Celeste have had triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments. Between getting stuck in the treetops and being chased by a crocodile, he certainly keeps Babar on his toes, but the king readily admits, âTruly it is not easy to bring up a family, but how nice the babies are!â The fifth Babar story is a wonderful and heartwarming salute to parenthood which every Mom and Dad will appreciate.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Babar and His Children June 26, 2010
N. Rheingold (Schenectady, NY)
This classic is enchanting. It's sweet with several anxious moments for the characters. Babar and his family are good, kind, and worth knowing. The children are like children anywhere; mischievous and without adult wisdom. They are not the all knowing ones, the parents are. Fancy that.
Siblings of twins love this story! July 11, 2008
C. Saylor (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My two older sons (ages 5 & 2 1/2) have really enjoyed reading this story since the birth of their twin siblings last year. The adventures of the triplets, especially trouble-making Alexander, keep them glued to the book! They love Alexander's exciting brushes with disaster and are so happy when everything turns out well at the end. The last lines of Babar always makes me tear up: "Truly it is not easy to bring up a family, but how nice the babies are! I can't imagine how I'd get along without them now."
A classic revisited. February 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
our kids love this book! gentle, loving, and anxious parents - take heart from babar and celeste! this have served as read-to stuff - and has passed into family lexicon. whenever we tell of some mishap, it always ends in "when suddenly ... the accident!" it's exciting, and funny, and reassuring. Kids love naughtiness, they have their surrogates in alexander and his elder, arthur. and they love everything turning out right in the end! i recommend this book.
 Everyone's favorite colonialist elephant has children February 25, 2003
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Babar is a big favorite with my kids, but the book contains some comically outdated ideas about childrearing. Celeste sends Babar out on a bike ride so he'll miss the birth of his children. Later, when Celeste has to give up breastfeeding because of insufficient milk supply, the doctor recommends cow's milk (for elephants?) with honey (guess they hadn't heard of the botulism risk). Once they're slightly older, the children have a series of brushes with death. Flor chokes on her rattle, prompting Celeste to hold her upside down and shake her. (Celeste need a first aid course.) Alexandre gets catapulted out of a runaway stroller, goes over a cliff, and is saved only when he lands in a tree. Pom is saved from crocodile attack and near-drowning by his father, who fends off the crocodile "even though he has no gun." Once out of the water, he is given hot drinks and put to bed under heavy blankets. Presumably one can't be too careful about hypothermia, even in Africa. All in all, an uplifting tale.
A Child's beginning book of Fun July 16, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is great for young children and also has a meaning for adults and teens too.I was filled with laughs and smiles when I read this book.I am quite honest when I say Babar is my Hero of the day!
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