The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Translated by Katherine Woods
Interest age: 7 to 11
Reading age: 8+
Published by Farshore, 1991
About this book
An air pilot makes a forced landing deep in the Sahara Desert. There, he makes a mysterious Little Prince, who tells him a series of wise and enchanting stories.
This simple, beautiful fable has captured the imaginations of both adults and children ever since it was first published in the 1940s. Now considered a contemporary classic, it is a book to share and to treasure.
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