Babar's ABC [Hardcover]

Laurent de Brunhoff (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up

A re-issue with the original artwork of one of the best loved of the Babar series of children's books. 'A' is for Airport, 'B' is for Babar (of course!), 'C' is for Circus. And the rest of the letters follow as Babar and his family take young readers on a lively romp through the alphabet. Crocodiles, fire engines, and penguins abound. Originally published in 1983 by Random House.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com 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

From Publishers Weekly

A pair of Laurent de Brunhoff books starring everyone's favorite elephant make their reappearance. Babar's ABC (1983) uses full-page and panel vignettes to cover all 26 letters, starting with the airport, Alexander and Arthur, proceeding through Babar and Celeste, and ending with Zephir the monkey zipping up his sleeping bag. Scenes of the circus and firefighters coming to the rescue add to the excitement. Babar's Little Girl (1987) begins with the birth of Babar and Celeste's new baby, Isabelle, and follows her through her first big adventure, in which the family thinks she's lost, but Isabelle knows right where she is. Apr.)

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810957078
• ISBN-13: 978-0810957077
• Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #697,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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