The Little Prince
Mariner Books · first published 1943 · 96 pages
A pilot stranded in the desert meets a small boy who says he has come from a tiny planet far away.
Simple drawings and short chapters carry a gentle sadness, and its questions about grown-ups and love read differently at every age.
For a night under a sky full of stars.
About this book
A pilot whose plane has broken down in the Sahara is asked by a strange little boy to draw him a sheep. Over the following days the boy tells of his home asteroid, the rose he left there, and the odd grown-ups he met on other planets, among them a king, a businessman and a lamplighter. A fox teaches him about friendship and responsibility. Written and illustrated by the author, it is short enough to read in one evening.