Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp.397–398. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved 27 March 2020. PREMIER PLUSH: The oldest maker of soft toys in America & one of the first companies to produce a teddy bear, GUND has been creating unique stuffed animals known for their quality for over 120 years Copping, Jasper (22 April 2012). "From Horrible Histories to Babar the Elephant – the 'offensive' children's books withdrawn by libraries". The Daily Telegraph. QUALITY CUDDLES: Known for our huggable plush designs & gifts, our award-winning bears & toys appeal to all ages from infants & toddlers to adults They're perfect for play, collecting & cuddling

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Sendak, Maurice (1981). "Homage to Babar on his 50th Birthday". introduction to Jean de Brunhoff & Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar's Anniversary Album. Random House. p. 7. ISBN 0394848136. Since 2001, the Babar franchise has been owned by Corus Entertainment's Nelvana in conjunction with the artist, Clifford Ross. [18] Founded in Connecticut in 1898, Gund is America's oldest and leading soft toy manufacturer. The company was one of the first in the world to design and produce teddy bears at the turn of last century. Herbert R. Kohl and Vivian Paley, [21] have argued that, although superficially delightful, the stories can be seen as a justification for colonialism. Others argue that the French civilization described in the early books had already been destroyed by World War I and the books were originally an exercise in nostalgia for pre-1914 France. [ citation needed] Ariel Dorfman's The Empire's Old Clothes [22] is another critical view, in which he concludes: "In imagining the independence of the land of the elephants, Jean de Brunhoff anticipates, more than a decade before history forced Europe to put it into practice, the theory of neocolonialism".

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Interactive Game Modes】: Children can play the singing animated plush elephant toy with two different play modes. Press the left foot ( Sing Button )to hear the song. Press the right foot ( Play Button )to play an interactive game. Mehren, Elizabeth (24 December 1989). "A Legendary Elephant King of the Forest Has Taken Up U.S. Residency With His Growing Family and His Illustrator". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 December 2010. Stating, as it is sometimes done, that the city is Paris is wrong. No recognizable building of Paris or, for that matter, any other larger town is shown in any of the drawings. Since Babar flees by foot, the city would presumably be located in Africa, anyway, although its population (as it is drawn) is exclusively white. Babar the Elephant Making Jump to TV". The Los Angeles Times. 25 March 1989 . Retrieved 26 August 2010. An animated television series, Babar was produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and the Clifford Ross Company, originally running from 3 January 1989 to 5 June 1991, with 65 episodes. An additional 13 episodes aired in 2000. The character has also appeared in a number of films. The first two of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar books have inspired two major concert works: L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant ( The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant) by Francis Poulenc in 1940; and The Travels of Babar (Le Voyage de Babar) by Raphael Mostel in 1994. [13] [14] In 2010, a sequel and spin-off, Babar and the Adventures of Badou, was released, introducing new characters, including Badou, Babar's grandson and Pom's son. It takes place several years after the original series.Despite the presence of these counsellors, Babar's rule seems to be totally independent of any elected body, and completely autocratic. However, his leadership style seems to strive for the overall benefit of his elephant subjects—a form of benevolent dictatorship. [ citation needed] Freeing the elephants". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010 . Retrieved 26 August 2010. a b Bremner, Charles (8 August 2006). "Why Babar the Elephant just can't forget his colonial past". The Times. London . Retrieved 25 August 2010. Babar, who likes to wear a bright green suit, introduces a very French form of Western civilization to the elephants, and they soon dress in Western attire. The attention to stylish clothing perhaps reflects the fact that the original publisher of the books was Editions du Jardin des Modes, owned by Condé-Nast. The Babar books were the first Condé-Nast publications not specifically about fashion. [15] Rothstein, Edward (22 September 2008). "All About Mr. Elephant, in His Becoming Green Suit". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 August 2010.

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In the 1988 comedy film Coming to America, the Joffer royal family have a pet elephant named "Babar". In 1993, [20] de Brunhoff's elephant inspired the BaBar experiment, an international hadron physics collaboration based in the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University. a b Gopnik, Adam. Freeing the Elephants, The New Yorker, 22 September 2008. Written for Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors, Morgan Library and Museum, 2008, ISBN 978-0-87598-151-2 In Jean de Brunhoff's second Babar book, The Travels of Babar, when the married couple leave by balloon on their honeymoon: The New Adventures of Babar Now in Production" (Press release). Corusent.com. 9 March 2009 . Retrieved 24 March 2012.

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Je parle anglais avec Babar (1963) – Babar's English Lessons (published as French Lessons in English) Babar the Elephant ( UK: / ˈ b æ b ɑːr/, US: / b ə ˈ b ɑːr/; French pronunciation: [babaʁ]) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. [1]

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de Brunhoff, Laurent (1961). The story of Babar the little elephant. Translated by Merle S. Haas (Reneweded.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0394805755. de Brunhoff, Jean (1963). Babar the King. Translated by Merle S. Haas. New York: Random House. ISBN 0394805801.

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