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Books : The Little PrinceIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $12.40 Price: $4.64 You Save: $7.76 (63%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.924 EAN: 9780749707231 ISBN: 0749707232 Label: Mammoth Manufacturer: Mammoth Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: January 10, 1991 Publisher: Mammoth Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Mammoth Sales Rank: 1030786 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This parable tells the story of an air pilot who meets a Little Prince when he has to make a forced landing in the Sahara Desert. The Little Prince tells him wise and enchanted stories. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Buy the Katherine Woods translation onlyTo get the most enjoyment from this beautiful book, buy the original Katherine Woods translation. Rating: - Katherine Woods - The name to rememberKatherine Woods' translation is the only English-language version of The Little Prince which captures the beauty, simplicity, clarity, and profundity of the Antoine de St. Exupery's classic, penned in French. (The newer translation is appallingly horrid and bland, mistaken, and frankly perplexing.) This is really not a children's book, although older children will appreciate it. Don't measure the value by the thickness of the book. De St. Exupery, himself a ... Read More Rating: - Little Prince speaks to the child in meI was an adult when i read this book, and i really appreciated the lessons in life that Saint-Exupery shares through the Little Prince. A great book, full of beautiful illustrations, easy to read, while fun and sad at the same time. I personally read it as if Exupery is sharing with us the conversations he has with his own inner child, in the image of the Little Prince. That is why the Little Prince would ask many questions, but rarely answer the ones he was asked. Like ... Read More Rating:  - a teacherThis is a wonderful story and a great book I was able to share with my students. The only drawback with the book is that the pages are not in color, but the extremely low price allowed me to purchase the books for my students out of my own pocket. Rating: - The Little PrinceThe Little Prince has often been heralded as a youthful book, required reading in elementary and high schools alike. In delivering it this way I think The Little Prince is missed by the only audience that is likely to truly appreciate it, that is adults. It is not an uncommon misconception that this is a children's book. Indeed, I keep the pictures stored on my computer, and am often asked where they came from. I reply that they are from one of my favourite books, and without fail the response is along ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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