Author:
Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Number of pages:
83 pages

Does the book have pictures?
Yes

What age group is this book written for?
Preschool and Younger
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

Category:
Fiction

Brief summary:
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/little_prince-21 This book is containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?" The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor