Beginning in Spring 2001, Abrams began to reissue the backlist of original Laurent de Brunhoff Babar stories. For Spring 2002, Abrams presents its first two in a series of low-cost, small format books, Meet Babar and His Family and Babar's Little Girl Makes A Friend. When Isabelle meets a young rhino, Vic, she is thrilled to have a playmate. They have a marvelous time, but when Vic brings Isabelle back to Rhino City to meet his friends, the rhinos are not very happy to see her. Because the elephants and rhinos do not get along, Vic and Isabelle are forbidden to play together. The next day, they sneak off to play on an island. But when the weather turns stormy and they lose their boat, they worry that they will never see their families again!

 

This book is part of a book series called Babar .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Abrams .

Laurent de Brunhoff has been illustrating the Babar books since 1946, after his father, Jean de Brunhoff, illustrated the first seven titles a decade before. Since then, he has created over thirty Babar books.