Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A pair of Laurent de Brunhoff books starring everyone's favorite elephant make their reappearance. Babar's ABC (1983) uses full-page and panel vignettes to cover all 26 letters, starting with the airport, Alexander and Arthur, proceeding through Babar and Celeste, and ending with Zephir the monkey zipping up his sleeping bag. Scenes of the circus and firefighters coming to the rescue add to the excitement. Babar's Little Girl (1987) begins with the birth of Babar and Celeste's new baby, Isabelle, and follows her through her first big adventure, in which the family thinks she's lost, but Isabelle knows right where she is. ( Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
Each letter gets one or two pages, with a large picture illustrating a word ([cf2]airport, Babar, circus[cf1]) and smaller, boxed pictures illustrating sentences (Alexander aims his arrow at the apple. Arthur plays an accordion). Babar and clan are close imitations of Laurent's father's art and offer a comforting familiarity; other animal characters seem clumsy and less appealing. From HORN BOOK Spring 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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