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mdevlin923's review against another edition
1.0
When his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar escapes to the city...where he is "civilized" by a rich old lady. While he loves living in the city, he misses his fellow elephants, and finally returns to herd and becomes king of the elephants.
Similar to Curious George, The Story of Babar was beloved when it was first published...but has some serious undertones of colonialization.
Similar to Curious George, The Story of Babar was beloved when it was first published...but has some serious undertones of colonialization.
a_cloud's review against another edition
3.0
Included on the list of “1000 books to read before you die” by James Mustich.
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
My fourth book for Banned Books Week. This was a pretty fun book to read, though also sad (in the beginning).
anuskamat's review against another edition
2.0
Este es el típico libro que cuando lo lees de pequeño te gusta, me leí casi todos los libros de Babar y los recordaba como unos libros bonitos, hace unos meses buscando libros para que leyera mi sobrino de seis años volví a leer este libro y no entendí porqué me habían gustado de pequeña, un elefante que se va a vivir a la ciudad con una señora que le viste y le convierte en un elefante humano, terrible. Le pongo dos estrellas por hacer una media del recuerdo que tenía y lo poco que me ha gustado de mayor.
attaboi's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of death in this story. Pretty dark for children's literature. Enjoyed the underlying message that fancy clothes and consumerism will not make you as happy as a loving community and family can. Really disagree with some of the comments saying this book promotes colonialism somehow. Babar is promoted to be the ruler of the land not because he is of the urban world, but because he has experienced city life and ultimately rejected it in favor of his roots. This has made him wiser and fit to rule.
mnstucki's review against another edition
2.0
Very stiff writing and a case of elephantine incest. I'll pass on the rest of this series.
coinchantal's review against another edition
4.0
The story was okay, but somethings I found really unlogical. An elephant that has clothes? The death of the mom was quickly pushed away. The drawings could have been beter also.