Drawn

In this week’s New Yorker, Adam Gopnik writes about the timeless children’s book character / elephant, Babar.

The article (which includes a great slideshow of de Brunhoff’s watercolours) coincides with an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York which features original sketches by Babar creator, Laurent de Brunhoff. You can watch a slideshow of some of his beautiful original Babar maquettes here.