Le vacanze di Zéphir

This book's been out of print for awhile, which strikes me as strange. Anyhow, out of the classic Babar books by Jean de Brunhoff, this one is probably the "least" among them. It's a great read, and the artwork is delightful as all hell, but I did feel a little tricked by the title. The book's calle Leggi tutto

Originally published in 1936 as Les vacances de Zéphir - alternately translated in English as Zephir's Holidays , Babar's Friend Zephir and Babar and Zephir - this fifth of Jean de Brunhoff's classic picture-books featuring the elephant Babar shifts focus, concentrating on the adventures of the littl Leggi tutto

Las ilustraciones son bonitas, la historia entretiene pero hubo un pequeño detalle que no me gustó. No lo voy a mencionar porque supongo es algo personal. Si se animan a leerlo tal vez coincidan. Al final de la historia se incluyen 5 preguntas para los niños, son sencillas, de verdadero y falso pero Leggi tutto

3⭐️ (Ahora quiero los libros de Babar, me encantó la edición) No sabía de estos libro y ahora los necesito, me encantó tanto las ilustraciones y para un cuento corto esta muy divertido e interesante. Me quedé súper picado con la historia y sin duda necesito más aventuras de estos personajes. Leggi tutto

I didn't like it very much. I thought it was about fishing but it wasn't.

Seems like maybe this was going to be the start of a spin-off series about Zephir the monkey. But the author died at 37 of tuberculosis. This story is a real adventure. There are mermaids. (I’m not going to complain that the mermaids are topless, because the author is from France. Everybody knows Eu Leggi tutto

I read this book (under and different title) when I was a child. Many, many, many years later, I read this book to my son. I remembered the illustrations almost perfectly because I was so enchanted by them. I still am enchanted by them, and the charming story.

Este bello libro sigue la línea de aventuras del rey de los elefantes “Babar” pero en esta ocasión la aventura la protagonista uno de sus queridos amigos, el monito “Zafir”. Y es que al terminar el curso en villa Celeste, Zafir va a pasar sus vacaciones con su familia en el país de los monos. Lo que Leggi tutto