
Laurent de Brunhoff at the 2008 Texas
Book Festival.
Laurent de Brunhoff (born
August 30, 1925,
Paris
, France
) is an
author and illustrator.
After studying
fine arts at the
Académie de la Grande
Chaumière in Paris, de Brunhoff took over the Babar series of
books first begun by his father,
Jean
de Brunhoff. After the war, he also did work in other creative
fields, such as posters, jackets for record albums, and animated
cartoons.
Since
1985, he has lived in the United States
, splitting his time between Middletown,
Connecticut
and Key West, Florida
. He is married to the writer Phyllis
Rose.
Bibliography
- Babar's Cousin: That Rascal Arthur. New York: Random
House, 1948.
- Babar's Picnic. New York: Random House, 1949.
- Babar's Visit to Bird Island. New York: Random House,
1952.
- Babar's Fair. New York: Random House, 1955.
- A tue-tete. Paris: Juillard, 1957.
- Babar and the Professor. New York: Random House,
1957.
- Serafina the Giraffe. Cleveland: World Publishing Co.,
1961.
- Serafina's Lucky Find. Cleveland: World Publishing
Co., 1962.
- Babar's Castle. New York: Random House, 1962.
- Captain Serafina. Cleveland:
World Publishing Co., 1963.
- Anatole and His Donkey. New York: Macmillan,
1963.
- Babar's French Lessons. New York: Random House,
1963.
- Babar Comes to America. New York: Random House,
1965.
- Babar's Spanish Lesson. New York: Random House,
1965.
- Bonhomme. New York: Pantheon, 1965.
- Babar Learns to Cook. New York: Random House,
1967.
- Babar Loses His Crown. New York: Random House,
1967.
- Babar's Games. New York: Random House, 1968.
- Babar's Moon Trip. New York: Random House, 1969.
- Babar's Trunk. New York: Random House, 1969.
- Babar's Birthday Surprise. New York: Random House,
1970
- Gregory and the Lady Turtle in the Valley of the Music
Trees. New York: Pantheon, 1971.
- Babar's Other Trunk. New York: Random House,
1971.
- Babar Visits Another Planet. New York: Random House,
1972.
- Meet Babar and His Family. New York: Random House,
1973.
- Babar's Bookmobile. New York: Random House, 1974.
- Bonhomme and the Huge Beast. New York: Pantheon,
1974.
- Babar and the Wully-Wully. New York: Random House,
1975.
- Babar Saves the Day. New York: Random House,
1976.
- Babar's Mystery. New York: Random House, 1978.
- The One Pig with Horns. New York: Pantheon, 1979.
- Babar the Magician. New York: Random House, 1980.
- Babar's Little Library. New York: Random House,
1980
- Babar's Anniversary Album. New York: Random House,
1981.
- Babar's A.B.C. New York: Random House, 1983.
- Babar's Book of Color. New YOrk: Random House,
1984.
- Babar's Counting Book. New York: Random House,
1986.
- Babar and the Ghost. New York: Random House,
1986.
- "Christmas with Babar & Baby Isabelle." Woman's Day, 22 December, 1987.
- Babar's Adventures, Calendar for 1988. New York:
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988.
- Babar's Little Circus Star. New York: Random House,
1988.
- Babar in Hollywood, Calendar for 1990. New York:
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989.
- Babar's Busy Year. New York: Random House, 1989.
- Babar in History, Calendar for 1991. New York:
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1990.
- Isabelle's New Friend. New York: Random House,
1990.
- Babar and the Succotash Bird. New York: Harry N.
Abrams, Inc., 2000.
- Babar's Museum of Art. New
York, Harry N. Abrams, 2003