Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupéry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, Southern Mail and Night Flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras, stress his humanistic philosophy.

Saint-Exupéry’s popular children’s book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry’s plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.

  • The Little Prince (Penguin Readers Level 2)

    Age Range: 12 – 17  years

    A man crashes in the desert and meets the little prince. Through his pictures and stories, the man learns about the important things in life – like love and friends.

    Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.

    The Little Prince, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

  • The Little Prince (Fingerprint! Classics)

    “All grown-ups were once children…but only few of them remember it.”

    It’s the Sahara Desert, and a pilot has crashed his plane. When suddenly a young boy with golden hair and a lovcable laugh, and who claims to have fallen to Earth-appears before him and asks him to draw a sheep, what does he do? He draws it!

    Thus begins this poetic and sublime adventure, an enchanting fable, which encloses in its heart the teachings of love, loss, loneliness, and friendship.

    The fourth most translated book in the world, The Little Prince has been adapted to multiple art forms, and has managed to resonate in the hearts of its patrons every single time.

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