On the theory that no child is ever too young for Babar, the character created by Jean de Brunhoff and carried on by his son, Laurent de Brunhoff, debuts in My First Book: A Babar Baby Journal, with ...

“Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98. De ...

For more than seven decades, Laurent de Brunhoff painted the adventures of the world’s most beloved elephant. Laurent de Brunhoff in 2007. He wrote and illustrated more than 45 Babar books after his ...

After his father, who created the character, died, he continued the series of books about a modest elephant and his escapades in Paris for seven decades. By Penelope Green See more of our coverage in ...