Babar's ABC - Hardcover

De Brunhoff, Laurent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810957078 ISBN 13: 9780810957077

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2001

Synopsis

With a little help from the entire cast from Celesteville, Babar introduces the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, including a single word for each letter and featuring dozens of illustrated, alliterative sentences.

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Review:

"Alexander aims his arrow at the apple. A bear reads a book in bed. Celeste wears her crown when she drives her car." From A to Z ("Zephir zips up his sleeping bag zipper"), Babar takes young readers on a trip through the alphabet. Based on the tremendously popular Babar series from Jean de Brunhoff and, later, his son Laurent de Brunhoff, Babar's ABC enlists the help of such beloved characters as Arthur, Cornelius, Pom, and Celeste to guide children on a learning-to-read adventure. Large colored letters, in both upper- and lowercase letters show up bold and bright at the top of each page, with a word that starts with the featured letter just underneath. "Ee," for example, stands for elephant. The full-page illustration below is packed with elephants playing, wrestling, swimming, and walking. An inset picture shows a bunch of bunnies with the caption, "White rabbits have long pink ears and little pink eyes." Fans of the classic The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant will be delighted by the endpapers, which show, instead of the familiar string of elephants zigzagging across the spread, a progression of elephants carting each awkwardly large letter of the alphabet, with the last elephant finally stumbling under the weight of X, Y, and Z. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF has kept the spirit of Babar and his family alive for more than 50 years. Originally created by Laurent’s mother as a bedtime story, Babar the elephant first came to life through the art of Laurent’s father, Jean de Brunhoff, who produced seven books about the character before his untimely death. Building on his father’s original framework, Laurent has gone on to provide more than 30 adventures for the elephant family while giving them new spirit through his use of line and color. Laurent de Brunhoff lives in Connecticut with his wife, writer Phyllis Rose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810957078
• ISBN 13: 9780810957077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40