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Babar books: Please help. I have a vivid childhood memory of a Babar book in which a bunch of the elephants go skiing in the alps, and they take this funicular/train up a steep hill. Can't find it now, and googling does no good. Does anyone else remember/know what book this is?
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11.18.09, 07:06 PM Flag ]
- babar's world tour?
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  11.18.09, 07:13 PM Flag
  - OP: apparently that book is from 2005 - I'm thinking of one from the late 70s/early 80s at the latest
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    11.18.09, 07:22 PM Flag
    - is it a reprint though? you know who can help, call books of wonder on 18th street!
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      11.18.09, 07:23 PM Flag
- i think we have every babar book, but i cant risk waking the babies in their room..
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  11.18.09, 07:25 PM Flag
  - Thanks - I ordered that one used. I guess I'll see if it's the right one!
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    11.18.09, 07:26 PM Flag
- Babar Goes Skiing, perhaps? seriously, it's listed on Amazon, but I bet it's out of print (1969) My ds has Babar's Anniversary Album which is 6 books in one, and maybe it's in there, but it's in his room and I don't want to wake him up.
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  11.18.09, 07:25 PM Flag
- check the list of books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babar_the_Elephant
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  11.18.09, 07:29 PM Flag
- after rereading some older french Babar books given to our dc as gifts, surprised that the content is incredibly racist and not pc. really inappropriate for the world today. i guess it really reflects the old colonial French way of thinking
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  11.18.09, 07:33 PM Flag
  - hi, rip van mommy.
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    11.18.09, 07:37 PM Flag
  - NP: I collect elephants (and am a K teacher) and my dad collects used/rare books - he has bought several original Babar books for me and I'm always horrified by the content of the stories - but I love them nonetheless.
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    11.18.09, 07:41 PM Flag
    - Lots of old books are like that--you just have to take with a grain of salt and put them in context: Dr. Doolittle, Mary Poppins, etc.
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      11.18.09, 08:06 PM Flag
      - Oh absolutely. The same thing has happened multiple times - my dad give me a book, I read a page or 2 and think: "I should bring this to school - I love this story" and then I keep reading and see how "dated" it is. As I wrote about, I still love the stories.
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        11.18.09, 08:25 PM Flag
  - in which sense they are racist? are you french?
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    11.18.09, 07:42 PM Flag
    - ie: native africans are called cannibals and savages. native french
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      11.18.09, 08:26 PM Flag
  - he also marries his cousin.
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    11.18.09, 07:52 PM Flag
  - there's a wonderful Adam Gopnik article about Babar and french colonialism, etc.
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    11.18.09, 08:05 PM Flag
- there is a book called Babar goes Skiing published in 1969. seems to be out of print. try powells books
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  11.18.09, 07:41 PM Flag
- In The Travels of Babar, Babar and Celeste go skiing in the Alps with the Old Lady before returning to their country to find it decimated by the rhinos. Not much is said about the skiing trip, but it does have a full double page illustration depicting it. Maybe that's what you remember? The Travels of Babar is one of the original stories, right after the first Story of Babar. It's about their honeymoon.
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  11.18.09, 08:31 PM Flag
  - OP: thanks - I checked that one and it's not it. I remember the ski lift train more than anything, and I think there were kid elephants on it. I've ordered Babar Goes Skiing used to see if that's it.
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    11.19.09, 12:06 PM Flag

Babar books: Please help. I have a vivid childhood memory of a Babar book in which a bunch of the elephants go skiing in the alps, and they take this funicular/train up a steep hill. Can't find it now, and googling does no good. Does anyone else remember/know what book this is?

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Babar books: Please help. I have a vivid childhood memory of a Babar book in which a bunch of the elephants go skiing in the alps, and they take this funicular/train up a steep hill. Can't find it now, and googling does no good. Does anyone else remember/know what book this is?

babar's world tour?

OP: apparently that book is from 2005 - I'm thinking of one from the late 70s/early 80s at the latest

is it a reprint though? you know who can help, call books of wonder on 18th street!

i think we have every babar book, but i cant risk waking the babies in their room..

Thanks - I ordered that one used. I guess I'll see if it's the right one!

Babar Goes Skiing, perhaps? seriously, it's listed on Amazon, but I bet it's out of print (1969) My ds has Babar's Anniversary Album which is 6 books in one, and maybe it's in there, but it's in his room and I don't want to wake him up.

check the list of books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babar_the_Elephant

after rereading some older french Babar books given to our dc as gifts, surprised that the content is incredibly racist and not pc. really inappropriate for the world today. i guess it really reflects the old colonial French way of thinking

hi, rip van mommy.

NP: I collect elephants (and am a K teacher) and my dad collects used/rare books - he has bought several original Babar books for me and I'm always horrified by the content of the stories - but I love them nonetheless.

Lots of old books are like that--you just have to take with a grain of salt and put them in context: Dr. Doolittle, Mary Poppins, etc.

Oh absolutely. The same thing has happened multiple times - my dad give me a book, I read a page or 2 and think: "I should bring this to school - I love this story" and then I keep reading and see how "dated" it is. As I wrote about, I still love the stories.

in which sense they are racist? are you french?

ie: native africans are called cannibals and savages. native french

he also marries his cousin.

there's a wonderful Adam Gopnik article about Babar and french colonialism, etc.

there is a book called Babar goes Skiing published in 1969. seems to be out of print. try powells books

OP: thanks - I checked that one and it's not it. I remember the ski lift train more than anything, and I think there were kid elephants on it. I've ordered Babar Goes Skiing used to see if that's it.