Babar dresses them and treats them to the comforts of his world until more elephants arrive to bring them back. The three elephants return by car to the great forest.

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.

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 Brunhoff, is the story of a renaissance man. Despite a tragic ...

Author of the "Babar" books, Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king, has died at 98.

Babar becomes king of all the elephant kingdom and teaches his children the valuable lessons he learned in the city. Jean de Brunhoff wrote seven Babar books between 1931 and 1941.

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.

A Canadian-German-French coproduction, this 1999 animated feature is based on the popular series of children’s books by Jean de Brunhoff, and tells the story of how Babar lost his mother, grew ...