Elephant Self Storage, Elephant of the Month : Babar

Babar is a Canadian/French animated television series based on an orphan elephant who grew up to be king of the forest after his education by humans in the big city.

He and his wife/cousin Celeste raise a family and teach them life lessons through their adventures.

The series of French children’s books by Jean de Brunhoff began in 1931. Brunhoff wrote seven Babar books before his death in 1937, and his son Laurent de Brunhoff continues the series to this day.

Known as the Elephant in the green suit the hand drawn cartoon  has been translated into seven different languages.

Babar remains to be a massive part of pop culture and has grown up with many different generations.