Babar's Spanish Lessons and Babar's French Lessons

By Laurent de Brunhoff


This book is truly excellent.  It is almost entirely in English and introduces basic Spanish vocabulary such as colours, numbers, clothing and some everyday objects, and every once in a while there's a stock phrase.

 I've been searching high and low for good French books for my kids and I've been striking out.  This book is perfect...  I just have to translate every phrase myself and hope that my grammar is up to scratch.

I won't have to keep translating for long, though.  It turns out that there was a French version of this book called "Babar's French Lessons".  Currently out of print, I got it for about $10 including shipping from Abe Books.  It's exactly the same in every way.  It even has the Chocolate cake recipe found in the middle of the book.

The pictures are so great, and the pages are huge.  And, come on: ELEPHANTS.  ROYAL ELEPHANTS.  Look at him lounging in his purple smoking jacket.  What a class act.


I love Babar.