DVD Review: Babar and Father Christmas Published: Dec. 15, 2011, 6:19 p.m. Babar and Father Christmas includes three fun adventures - a great way to introduce kids to Babar, King of the Elephants.

"Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98.