The Little Prince

First published in 1943 The Little Prince was written by French writer poet and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It is a classic fable about a stranded pilots encounter with a young prince who travels the universe in search of knowledge. After crash-landing in the middle of the Sahara Desert an unnamed pilot is surprised to come across a young healthy-looking boy. He is surprised to learn that the boy is a prince of a small planet and after leaving his planet he travels the galaxy meeting people on other planets. The prince relates tale after tale to the pilot on themes of loneliness friendship love and loss. In the end the boy returns to his planet leaving his new friend with heartfelt memories of how children seethe world. This fable has been translated into hundreds of languages and has sold about 200 million copies making it one of the best-selling books in publishing history.