El Museo De Arte De Babar

Young art buffs will learn to recognize the classics and describe paintings and sculptures in this witty picture book that gives famous artworks the royal-or in this case, the elephant-treatment. When King Babar and Queen Celeste notice that the railroad station is standing empty, Celeste comes up with the idea to turn it into a museum to house their art collection. By the time the grand opening arrives, the royal couple has acquired some pretty impressive and well-known works of art-all featuring elephants, of course. Babar illustrations have never been more clever and charming than in this gallery tour, full of paintings and sculptures inspired by such real-life artworks as Mary Cassatt's "Mother and Child," Edvard Munch's "The Scream," and even Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."