A review by attaboi
The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff

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.