Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Laurent de Brunhoff carried on his father's legacy by writing over 45 books featuring Babar the elephant Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences ...

In 1931, Frenchman Jean de Brunhoff penned the now famous tale of Babar, the fictional elephant who dressed well, mingled with humans and traveled the world. Since then, Babar has been immortalized in ...

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 his home ...

Laurent de Brunhoff, author of the "Babar" series, has died at the age of 98 in Key West, Florida. Laurent, son of Jean de Brunhoff, continued his father's legacy, publishing numerous books about the ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist who revived his father’s popular picture book series about Babar, an elephant-king, died Friday. He was 98. According to his widow, Phyllis Rose ...