Babar the Magician

Babar the Magician by de Brunhoff, Laurent. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810958630.

At a time when magic is all the rage, Babar signs up for lessons. Generation after generation discovers the magic of Babar, and in this delightful 25th-anniversary reissue, thats literally true, as Babar decides to put on a magic show at the palace. Things go awry, however, when he puts Zephir the monkey to sleep, and Zephir floats out of the room-and then all over the countryside! Babar and his world are brought amusingly to life in brief, simple text and humorous illustrations. AUTHOR BIO: Laurent de Brunhoff followed in his fathers footsteps illustrating the Babar books starting in 1946. Since then, he has created more than 30 of the titles. He lives with his wife, writer Phyllis Rose, in Connecticut.