Tag: Jean de Brunhof
Yoga for Elephants
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Yoga-for-Elephants.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/8/2003 Yoga for Elephants Transcript If you’ve been through all the Babar books by Jean de Brunhoff and his son, Laurent, who has taken over from his father the pleasant task of continuing the adventures of Babar and his family, and if your back […]
Jean de Brunhof and Babar
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jean-de-Brunhof.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/11/2001 Jean de Brunhof and Babar Transcript Jean de Brunhof, who was born this week in 1899 and who became famous for his picture books about Babar the elephant, didn’t actually create the character himself. It was de Brunhof’s wife, Cecile, who first invented […]