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Yes, the part involving a gun was disturbing, but for the most part the colorful, delightful illustrations told a story of friendship, understanding, and love. I enjoyed this foray into Babar‘s world. In fact, I have a second volume to share! Thank you once again @TheBookHippie for this challenge! #childrensclassicread2023 #192025 #1933

Last chance! Stopped by the Library today and decided to pick up this book since it is the February selection for #childrensclassicread2023

I loved this book as a child, and perhaps that is why I still find it charming as an adult, despite the underlying political messages of which I am now aware. Thank you to @TheBookHippie for choosing this as a selection for #ChildrensClassicRead2023, and especially for the excellent research about modern interpretations of the book. Fascinating.
#SayMyName @Clwojick

I had some time this morning to sit down and read this month‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2023 pick. This simple tale with the fun artwork brought back so many fond memories. Thanks @TheBookHippie for providing all the added reading and opening my eyes to other interpretations of this book. 3/5⭐️
(February 20, 2023)

After reading about ways to interpret this book, I‘m not sure how I feel about. I see the issues, but apparently this is a book for kids older than 3 yrs and I‘m not sure they would. About an elephant that escapes the hunter that killed his mum, and ends up in the city for a while before he returns home to be king.
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@TheBookHippie

I love the illustrations. Baby Babar is adorable. “That‘s him, digging the sand with a shell.”. The story is a little harsh for kids- like Bambi, the mother is shot! Apparently no child in literature can go on an adventure without a dead mom!
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I am loving all the post on these books and all the shared links. Be sure to follow the # to see everyone‘s discussion points. I‘m going to keep reading Babar the elephant and articles till the end of the month.

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I‘m quite familiar with Babar as a classic children‘s book character and he is quite cute. However I have no memory of reading Babar or having it read to me as a kid so I‘m counting this as my first read and I was disappointed. Outside of Babar himself I didn‘t love the illustrations and I found the story boring. I‘m trying to keep in mind that this story is 92 years old and although it may have once been

Never read Babar as a kid, never paid much attention to it, but as an adult I can only see the weird bourgeois assimilation angle. The narrative has him watch his mother die, escape from the wild into the city to become a "civilised" gentrified elephant, then head back into the wild in splendour to marry his cousin & rule over the rest. To be fair, the art is lovely. But otherwise, kind of an iffy story. #ChildrensClassicRead2023 @TheBookHippie

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/141224-babar-elephant-culture...

I used reader view to read it FYI

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https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-snazzy-suits-and-colonialism-unders...

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https://oberlinost.org/2021/04/16/representations-of-french-colonialism-in-the-s...

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/22/freeing-the-elephants

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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/06/babar-comes-to-harvard/

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Another children‘s book I‘ve never read when I was young. As an adult reading it for the first time, I find this not funny. I don‘t know what the author is trying to tell..Babar, whose mother recently got killed by a hunter, escapes to town, met a kind, old, rich lady who gave him lots of money to spend, and Babar suddenly feels the need to get fancy clothes and assimilated to society. And when he returns to the forest, he..⬇️

It was such a sweet diversion to revisit Babar this morning! The story I remember having read to me most often was one of the later ones in the series, so I enjoyed seeing where it all began. I‘m tempted to continue on with the next few books to get to some of the scenes I remember most fondly. #ChildrensClassicRead2023 @TheBookHippie

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/22/freeing-the-elephants

#ChildrensClassicRead2023 February Babar another read that has a lot of controversy and thoughts about!

I do feel like a student reading these but I do love it so! 🐘 🐘 🐘

I look forward to staring this later this week! Also this is a #192025 challenge read for 1931 @Librarybelle

The story of literature‘s most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with cousins Celeste and Arthur, he returns to the great forest to be crowned King of the Elephants. With the original illustrations from Jean de Brunhoff‘s 1931 classic, this first Babar story has enchanted generations.
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I have never read Babar. Interesting. 1933 #CenturyReads

This is $2.99 on kindle and well worth it in my opinion. The story of Babar is a great way for me to practice my French and is also fun to read with adorable illustrations. 5⭐️

#LearningFrench

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Enfin un livre que je peux lire en français. J'ai lu ceci en anglais il y a plusieurs années. Babar est aussi gentil que je me souviens.

Oh how my children loved reading Babar!! #animalbooks #31bookclips @howjessreads

So, we got this book 2nd hand the other day and I read it to my daughter last night. I must not have read this one before because I remember cuddly and righteous King Babar, not everyone dying. 😯 Origin stories can be weird.
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@ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress

I used to love this book and the TV show; but I heard it is very outdated and offensive for promoting colonialism and racial stereotypes 😧

1. All the wise advice my mom gave me in my youth that ignored.
2. Zoe.
3. About 300 - this does not include the floor, the closet, and under the bed. That is about 200 more.
4. Babar

#booksandshelfies @Amabear

#FallIntoBooks Day 9: These colourful #Bookmarks are given to me by a good friend and fellow bibliophile/book blogger.

Children's books often involve #anthropomorphiccharacters. So, for this #feistyfeb prompt, I thought I'd take a look at my collection of books to see if I had something appropriate. And I found Babar! I loved this book so much when I was a kid. But I had completely forgotten about it! 💛🐘#day6

Day 6 of #feistyfeb- I loved all of the Barbar books when I was little. By far the coolest elephant of all. #anthropomorphiccharacters #Barbar