Babar and the Ghost
Laurent de Brunhoff. ABRAMS, $16.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-4398-8
That 12-year-old boy grew up to create some Babar books of his own. In Babar and the Ghost by Laurent de Brunhoff, first published in 1981, the pachyderm and family meet a friendly spirit in a haunted castle. But only the children can see him. Pom, Flora and Alexander find a reclusive forest animal in Babar and the Wully-Wully (1975) also by Laurent de Brunhoff. When they bring it home to Celesteville, Rataxes the rhino captures him for his own. Fortunately, Flora finds a peaceful solution. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 09/01/2001
Genre: Children's
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