Babar Loses His Crown

Babar Loses His Crown by de Brunhoff, Laurent. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810950344.

A Babar classic now back in print! First published in 1967, this classic Babar is available in a new format. Everything looks great for Babar and his familys trip to Paris-until his luggage gets mixed up with another passengers at the train station-and Babar loses his crown! The search is on for the mysterious "Moustache Man" who has carried off the crown, and Babar becomes more and more concerned as the time approaches for his evening out on the town, where hell be mortified to show up without it. A fun mystery in which children can empathize with poor Babar, who must appear in public without everything "just so". AUTHOR BIO: Laurent de Brunhoff has been illustrating the Babar books since 1946, after his father, Jean de Brunhoff, illustrated the first titles a decade before. He has created more than 30 books about the world-renowned elephant and his family, most recently the best-selling Babars Museum of Art and Babars Yoga for Elephants.