The attached video I filmed while we were in Key West visiting the Custom House. Laurent de Brunhoff, Babar author for the last 60 years, and his wife live in Key West during the winter months and this exhibit runs from February - June. According to the Gift Shop staff the author is a genuinely kind man who offered to autograph all the copies of the Babar USA books. We bought one for Audrey.
I loved Babar when I was a child and also mispronounced my whole life ("bar-bar"). I particularly liked this book for several reasons: the unique photos as discussed in the above video, the contemporary elements, the parents encouraging observations on vacation and the different culture views of Americans.
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