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Babar the Elephant (UK: / ˈ b æ b ɑːr /, US: / b ə ˈ b ɑːr /; French pronunciation:) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. [1] The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. [2]
Babar's mother is a female elephant who was shot and killed by the Hunter in the first episode of the show (Babar's First Step), setting the course for much of the rest of the series. Her murder, which Babar witnessed, was a great source of trauma for her son, and influences much of the direction of Babar's life.
Marabou, a marabou stork, introduces the story that is about to unfold, beginning with a historically significant event: the birth of Babar the elephant. In the Great Forest, Babar lives a happy childhood being cared for by his loving mother and playing with the other young elephants, including his friends Arthur and Celeste.
He is called "Papi" by his grandson. When he was a little elephant, his mother was killed by the hunter while she tried to take Babar to safety. Queen Celeste (voiced by Dawn Greenhalgh) is Babar's wife and bride. She is the namesake of Celesteville, Pom's mother and grandmother of Badou. She is called "Nana" by her grandson.
The White Bone is a Canadian novel written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins in 1999. [1] It was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 1998. [2] Sometimes compared to Richard Adams's Watership Down, [3] it is an adult fantasy story about animals—in this case, African elephants—in a realistic natural setting but given the ability to speak to one another throughout the book.
Created by Jean de Brunhoff between 1931 and 1937, Babar's Kingdom, also known as the Elephant Country (French: le pays des Éléphants), is a fictional country supposedly in West Africa with French characteristics that is composed of elephants and other animals, which are usually bipedal and "civilized".
A comprehensive list of characters created by Hanna-Barbera, including brief descriptions and notable appearances.
This list of fictional pachyderms is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates.Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium. Outside strict biological classification, [a] the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, tapirs, and hippopotamuses; this list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.