A review by emkoshka
The Story of Babar by Merle S. Haas, Jean de Brunhoff

3.0

Babar was one of my favourite TV shows when I was a kid and I think I enjoyed the books as well. Reading this as an adult though, I can't see past the colonial narrative of an African savage (animal) being 'civilised' by his experiences in the city and returning to impose that some homogenising influence on his community. I feel like my innocence has been corrupted by this reading of the text!