Babar The Elephant - Books

Books

Jean de Brunhoff wrote and illustrated seven Babar books; the series was continued by his son, Laurent de Brunhoff.

Jean de Brunhoff's Babar books, and the titles of the English translations, were:

• Histoire de Babar (1931) — The Story of Babar
• Le Voyage de Babar (1932) — The Travels of Babar, or Babar's Travels
• Le Roi Babar (1933) — Babar the King
• L'ABC de Babar (1934) — A.B.C. of Babar
• Les vacances de Zéphir (1936) — Zephir's Holidays, Zephir's Vacation, or Babar and Zephir
• Babar en famille (1938) — Babar and His Children, or Babar at Home
• Babar et le père Noël (1941) — Babar and Father Christmas

Laurent de Brunhoff's books (selected list):

• Babar et ce coquin d'Arthur (1948) — Babar's Cousin: That Rascal Arthur
• Pique-nique chez Babar (1949) — Babar's Picnic
• Babar dans l'Île aux oiseaux (1952) — Babar's Visit to Bird Island
• Babar au cirque (1952) — Babar and the Circus
• La fête à Celesteville (1954) — Babar's Fair
• Babar et le professeur Girafon (1956) — Babar and the Professor
• Le château de Babar (1961) — Babar's Castle
• Je parle anglais avec Babar (1963) — Babar's English Lessons (published as French Lessons in English)
• Babar Comes to America (1965)
• Je parle allemand avec Babar (1966) — Babar's German Lessons
• Je parle espagnol avec Babar (1966) — Babar's Spanish Lessons
• Babar Loses His Crown (1967)
• Babar Visits another Planet (1972)
• Babar and the Wully-Wully (1975)
• Babar Learns to Cook (1978)
• Babar the Magician (1980)
• Babar's Little Library (1980)
• Babar and the Ghost (1981)
• Babar's Anniversary Album (1982)
• Babar's ABC (1983)
• Babar's Book of Color (1984)
• Babar's Counting Book (1986)
• Babar's Little Girl (1987)
• Babar's Little Circus Star (1988)
• Babar's Busy Year (1989)
• Babar's Rescue (1993)
• Le Musée de Babar (2002) — Babar's Museum
• Babar Goes to School (2003)
• Babar's Museum of Art (2003)
• Babar's Book of Color (2004)
• Babar's Busy Year (2005)
• Babar's World Tour (2005)
• Babar's Yoga for Elephants (2006)
• Babar's USA (2008)
• Babar's Celesteville Games (2011)

English translations of the original Babar books are routinely republished in the UK and in the USA, individually and in collections.

Other English-language titles about Babar include the following:

• Babar Comes to America. New York: Random House, 1965.
• Babar Learns to Cook. New York: Random House, 1967.
• Babar Loses His Crown. New York: Random House, 1967.
• Babar's Games. New York: Random House, 1968.
• Babar's Fair. New York: Random House, 1969.
• Babar Goes Skiing. New York: Random House, 1969.
• Babar's Moon Trip. New York: Random House, 1969.
• Babar's Trunk. New York: Random House, 1969.
• Babar's Birthday Surprise. New York: Random House, 1970
• Babar's Other Trunk. New York: Random House, 1971.
• Babar Visits Another Planet. New York: Random House, 1972.
• Meet Babar and His Family. New York: Random House, 1973.
• Babar's Bookmobile. New York: Random House, 1974.
• Babar and the Wully-Wully. New York: Random House, 1975.
• Babar Saves the Day. New York: Random House, 1976.
• Babar's Mystery. New York: Random House, 1978.
• Babar's Little Library. New York: Random House, 1980
• Babar the Magician. New York: Random House, 1980.
• Babar's Anniversary Album. New York: Random House, 1981.
• Babar's A.B.C. New York: Random House, 1983.
• Babar's Book of Color. New York: Random House, 2009
• Babar and the Ghost. Easy to Read Edition. New York: Random House, 1986.
• Babar's Counting Book. New York: Random House, 1986.
• "Christmas with Babar & Baby Isabelle." Woman's Day, 22 December 1987.
• Babar's Little Circus Star. New York: Random House, 1988.
• Babar's Busy Year. New York: Random House, 1989.
• Isabelle's New Friend. New York: Random House, 1990.
• Babar and the Succotash Bird. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2000.
• Babar and Father Christmas. New York: Random House, 2001.