Babar transformed into a true work of art

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: September 26, 2003| Author: Sara Fiedelholtz | Copyright information

'Babar's Museum of Art'

*Saturday-Feb. 18, 2004

*The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan

*Free with museum admission

*(312) 443-3600; www.artic.edu

Babar began as a bedtime story for two little boys, and 71 years later the beloved elephant is the focus of an art exhibit.

Babar's Museum of Art (Abrams, $16.95) is Laurent de Brunhoff's latest children's book about the king elephant. The story explains how Babar and Celeste turn an abandoned Celeste...

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