It's Isabelle to the rescue when her father is mysteriously kidnapped while the two are on a camping trip. Babar's little daughter proves herself to be brave and clever when she tracks down her father with the help of a lion, a snake, and a monkey. The adventure is only just beginning when she finds the elephant king-he's being held in a hidden city by a group of strange elephants with striped ears! How plucky Isabelle manages to help her father escape makes for an action-packed adventure that will keep children on the edge of their seats as much as it did when the book was first released in 1993.

Babar's Rescue: An Original Laurent de Brunhoff Book

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A nonstop action adventureIt's Isabelle to the rescue when her father is mysteriously kidnapped while the two are on a camping trip. Babar's little daughter proves herself to be brave and clever when she tracks down her father with the help of a lion, a snake, and a monkey. The adventure is only just beginning when she finds the elephant king-he's being held in a hidden city by a group of strange elephants with striped ears! How plucky Isabelle manages to help her father escape makes for an action-packed adventure that will keep children on the edge of their seats as much as it did when the book was first released in 1993. Author Bio: Laurent de Brunhoff has kept the picture book world's most beloved elephant going strong for over 50 years. He has created over 30 books featuring the character created by his father, Jean de Brunhoff.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

A pair of Laurent de Brunhoff titles starring everyone's favorite elephant offer education and adventure. In Babar's Book of Color, the hero's children and nephew learn their colors in Babar's studio, mixing paints while making portraits of appropriately hued animals, vegetables and other objects. Overlapping balloons demonstrate color combinations. Young Isabelle comes to her father's aid after he disappears from their campsite in Babar's Rescue. With the help of a lion, a monkey and a snake, she tracks him to a tribe of striped elephants in a hidden city. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Children's Literature - Kathleen Karr

Babar was born in 1931 when Cecile de Brunhoff invented the story of an orphaned elephant for her children and her painter-husband Jean made a picture book of the tale. Since Jean's death in 1937 his son Laurent has ably continued Babar's saga. It is a pleasure to have some of the out of print titles reissued for new generations of youngsters. In Rescue Babar's daughter Isabelle takes over when Papa mysteriously disappears during a father-daughter camping trip, leaving her alone in the jungle wilderness. Pauvre petite! Does she cry? Yes. But after the tears she thinks. Papa would never abandon her, therefore he must have disappeared against his will. Isabelle staunchly sets off to rescue her father, along the way collecting a trio of unlikely allies: Lion, Monkey, and Snake. Will they succeed? Mais, oui! But read the book to your own little ones to learn how. It's a wonderfully enabling story of intelligence, pluck, and persistence—with the added grace of Laurent de Brunhoff's imaginative illustrations. 2004 (orig. 1993), Abrams, Ages 4 to 8.