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Laurent de Brunhoff was born on August 30th in Paris, France. He studied Fine Arts at Academie de La Grande Chaumiere. As a child, de Brunhoff's mother told him the story of an elephant who lives in the human world, his father, Jean, listened and conceived of a picture book that would illustrate the story. Some people credit Babar the Elephant as being the first modern picture book, published in 1931. Most unfortunately, Jean de Brunhoff died unexpectedly in 1937. He had created seven Babar books. Since that time, his eldest son Laurent has penned 25 more. The books have been translated into 17 languages, two feature-length animated films, and a televised cartoon series. Laurent lives part of the year in New York City and part of the year in Paris, where he enjoys being with his son, daughter, and grandson. In later years, de Brunhoff has returned to his favorite style of art, abstract watercolors.
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