The Little Prince

Look at my planet. It is directly above us. But how faraway it is!

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of one of the most famous stories in theworld, a beautiful Puffin paperback edition translated from the original Frenchby Theo Cuffe.

The timeless, enchanting story of the little prince who lives on a tiny planetwith three volcanoes and a haughty flower, which he must protect from thebaobabs, the bad seeds.

The rulers of the other planets he visits all suffer fromthe cares and stupidities of the everyday world. Only the little prince,through his clear, loving eyes, knows that the simplest of things can be of theutmost importance.

About the Author

Writer and aviatorAntoine de Saint-Exupry(1900-1944),was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century.Saint-Exupry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion whichwould lead him into the French Air Force.

His first two books,Southern MailandNightFlight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance anddiscipline of flying.

Later works, includingWind, Sand and StarsandFlightto Arras, stress his humanistic philosophy.

Saint-Exupry’s popular children’s bookThe LittlePrinceis also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944,Saint-Exupry’s plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.