It’s hard to imagine a more simplified Babar than the one I know from the books, but here you go, from the author’s book of preliminary sketches. This page’s text translation: “Babar hurries to take Arthur and Celeste to the big store and buys them some fine clothes
from “Jean de Brunhoff’s Histoire de Babar Maquette,” pp. 20-21, The Morgan Library & Museum Online Exhibitions :: via The New Yorker
Sep 26, 2008, updated Apr 9, 2025