A pilot stranded in the desert meets a boy from another planet, and the conversation that follows has outlasted most of its contemporaries.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story is usually shelved with children's books and read just as often by adults, because the plainness of the telling carries observations about loneliness, attachment and everything grown-ups stop noticing. This BK Publications edition runs 180 pages and is suggested from age eight upward, an age at which the narrative works straightforwardly as a story before its other layers become visible on a later reading. Short chapters make it well suited to reading aloud.
Where its strength lies:
• Saint-Exupéry's classic tale of a pilot and a small prince
• 180 pages published by BK Publications
• Suggested for readers aged eight and above
• Short chapters that read well aloud
A good choice for children, for gift-givers and for adult readers returning to it, available from Boipoka.