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Rather than seeing it as an unfortunate delay of their project, Renata and Papi decide to let the avian carpenters continue their work. One warm night, after Papi leaves the window space open, two wrens begin making a nest in the bathroom. Renata and her father enjoy working on upgrading their bathroom, installing a clawfoot bathtub, and cutting a space for a new window.

The illustrations are a sheer delight, with memorable images of the line of elephants, holding tails with trunks, and Babar in his green suit and spats (displaying inimitable French chic), perfectly complemented by de Brunhoff's stylised handwritten text.A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature.

If you who are a child do not take these enchanting people to your heart if you do not spend delightful hours making sure that no detail of their adventures has escaped you then you deserve to wear gloves and be kept off wet grass for the rest of your life." Quite. If you have never loved elephants, you will love them now.

Many great authors cite Babar as an inspiration including Dick "Miffy" Bruna and AA Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, who wrote the introduction to the English version with the following words of praise: "If you love elephants, you will love Babar and Celeste.

His mother loved him dearly, and used to rock him to sleep with her trunk, singing to him softly the while." The English translation, The Story Of Babar, was published by Methuen in 1933: "In the great forest, a little elephant was born. DEFINING MOMENT Babar first appeared in French L'Histoire De Babar, written and illustrated by Jean de Brunhoff.