AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jean De Brunhoff: translated
from the French by Merle s. Haas
PUBLISHER: Random House, Inc. PUBLICATION
DATE: 1934
GENRE: Classic Fiction READING
LEVEL: Third Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Babar, an elephant king, has just married
Celeste. The two elephants have exciting
adventures on their wedding trip, as they travel around the world.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students decorate their
own hot air balloon. Students will write
a paragraph on their balloon of where they would travel in their hot air
balloon. The teacher can display
balloons on the wall with the students’
pictures in the basket.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kimberly
Hansen, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: ( classic fiction, writing, adventure, art )
