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Babar's Birthday Surprise


Babar

No. of pages 40

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Great for age 3-8 years
Babar's birthday is coming soon, and Queen Celeste has a monumental surprise planned. She's having a sculptor carve a giant statue of Babar into the mountainside. But Babar loves to ride right past the spot where the work is going on. How can the elephants and their friends keep their king's birthday surprise a secret? First published in 1970, Babar's Birthday Surprise celebrates the joy of planning a thoughtful surprise for a special friend.

 

This book is part of a book series called Babar .

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Abrams .

Laurent de Brunhoff has been illustrating the Babar books since 1946, after his father, Jean de Brunhoff, illustrated the first seven titles a decade before. Since then, he has created over thirty Babar books.

This book is in the following series:

Babar
Jean de Brunhoff's tales of Babar have charmed readers around the world for 80 years. His stories have followed the king of the elephants as he builds a city, founds a family and even meets Father Christmas. Tested by difficult trials - from snakes to fire to runaway prams - he always comes out on top, with the help of patience, determination and, on one memorable occasion, a flight of winged elephants.

This book features the following character:

Babar
This book features the character Babar.

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