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      The Story of Babar

      by Jean de Brunhoff
      Published
      Oct 1937
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      56
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      Babar Book 1

      About This Book

      The classic story of literature's most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with cousins Celeste and Arthur, he returns to the great forest to be crowned King of the Elephants. With the original illustrations from Jean de Brunhoff's 1931 classic, this first Babar story has enchanted generations.

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      Babar
      Book 1
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      Genres

      General Fiction

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      Action Adventure

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Picture Books

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      Jan 1961 Scholastic ISBN 0590102354
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      Sep 1989 Dragonfly Books ISBN 0394829409
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      Aug 1992 HarperCollins ISBN 0898450853
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      Jan 2008 Egmont Books Ltd ISBN 1405238186
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      Oct 1937 Random House ISBN 0394805755
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      Dec 1967 Random House ISBN 039490575X
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      Jan 2012 ZHE JIANG PUBLISHING UNITED GROUP ISBN B009RELU7C
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