Babar

Babar, fictional character, a sartorially splendid elephant who is the hero of illustrated storybooks for young children by the French writer and illustrator Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) and his son Laurent de Brunhoff (1925–2024). The character originated in a bedtime story that Cécile de Brunhoff told to her young sons, Laurent and Mathieu, in 1930. The tale centered on an orphaned young elephant who leaves the jungle and visits Paris, where he has many adventures....