Jean de Brunhoff (born December 9, 1899) in Paris, was an artist and writer for children's literature with his most notable work "Babar the Elephant", which started as a bedtime story invented by his wife for their children.
(1899-12-09)December 9, 1899
Paris, France Jean de Brunhoff (French pronunciation: [a d brynf; 9 December 1899  16 October 1937) was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931. Artist Children's literature The Babar books began as a bedtime story that Cecile de Brunhoff invented for their children, Mathieu and Laurent, when they were four and five years old, respectively. 
