The Little Prince

A pilot stranded in the desert meets a boy from a tiny planet, and their conversation turns into a quiet argument about what adults have forgotten. The prince's travels take him past a string of solitary grown-ups, each absorbed in one narrow obsession, before he reaches Earth and learns what it costs to care about someone. Saint-Exupery's own watercolours accompany the text, and this deluxe edition reproduces them alongside prose plain enough for a child and pointed enough for an adult. Points that stand out: • Antoine de Saint-Exupery's allegorical tale, read by children and adults for very different reasons • The author's original illustrations reproduced throughout the volume • Short chapters that suit reading aloud as much as private reading • A deluxe binding intended for gifting and for keeping Recommended for family bookshelves, gift-givers and readers who like fables with an edge, available from Boipoka.