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With an introduction by Kate Mosse Translated by Ros Schwartz All grown-ups were children once (but most of them have forgotten)A pilot who has crash landed in the desert awakes to see an extraordinary little boy ' Please' asks the stranger 'will you draw me a little lamb!' Baffled by the little prince's incessant questioning the pilot pulls out his pencil & starts to draw As the little prince's curiosity takes them further on their journey together the pilot is able to piece together an understanding of the tiny planet from which the prince has come & of his incredible travels across the universe First published in 1943 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery has been translated into more than 250 languages becoming a global phenomenon Heart-breaking funny & thought-provoking it is an enchanting & endlessly wise fable about the human condition & the power of imagination A book about both childhood & adulthood it can be read as a parable a war story a classic children's fairy-tale & many more things besides The Little Prince is a book for everyone; after all all grown-ups were children once ' The Little Prince moves from asteroid to desert from fable & comedy to enigmatic tragedy in order to make one recurrent point You can't love roses You can only love a rose' Adam Gopnik New Yorker ...
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Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children & adults On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet
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Having crash-landed in the Sahara desert a pilot comes across a young boy who introduces himself as the " Little Prince" & tells him the story of how he grew up on a tiny asteroid before travelling across the galaxies & coming to Earth His encounters & discoveries seen through childlike innocent eyes give rise to candid reflections on life & human nature First published in 1943 & featuring the author's own watercolour illustrations The Little Prince has since become a classic philosophical fable for young & old as well as a global publishing phenomenon selling tens of millions of copies worldwide & being translated into dozens of languages ...
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Robert Powell stars as the Aviator with Garrett Moore as the Little Prince & Bernard Cribbins as the King in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's popular fable This poignant dramatisation of the French classic was translated & dramatised by Bonnie Greer When he crashes in the Sahara Desert the Aviator believes he is all alone
- until he meets an unusual space traveller a boy with golden hair who calls himself The Little Prince As the Aviator repairs his plane the Little Prince tells him fantastical tales about his amazing interplanetary journey On his home planet asteroid B-612 he fell in love with a beautiful rose but left her to explore the universe In the course of his travels he has met people including a King a drunkard & a lamplighter as well as a snake & a wise fox
- but now he must return home & be reunited with his rose A classic story about love friendship & loss The Little Prince is one of the most read books in the world The wonder & excitement of much-loved children's classics lives on in BBC Radio's acclaimed full-cast dramatisations complete with evocative music & sound effects Duration 1 hour approx

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Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children & adults On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet
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- & his stories of intergalactic travel while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition First published in 1943 the year before the author's death in action this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations

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The Little Prince By Antoine De Saint-Exupery (Hardback, 2004)

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see standing before him the most extraordinary little fellow Please asks the stranger draw me a sheep And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries He pulls out pencil and paper Thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that in teaching the secret of what is really important in life has changed the world forever for its readers Often seen as a symbol of childhood innocence Antoine de Saint-Exupery's best-selling book The Little Prince is cherished by children and adults alike across the globe Ideal for children aged 7 and up This beautiful edition contains the definitive translation and all the original illustrations The Little Prince joins the ranks
of A Little Princess The Secret Garden & Peter Pan as a genuine children's classic of the twentieth century Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in 1900 in Lyon In 1921 he began his training as a pilot By 1926 he had became one of the pioneers of international postal flight In 1945 he embarked on a record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon Nineteen hours into the flight his plane crashed in the Sahara desert He survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration limited food and hallucinations On the fourth day the was rescued In part this experience was the inspiration for 'The Little Prince' He continued to fly until World War II during which he took self-imposed exile On 31 July 1944 he disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission
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A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see standing before him the most extraordinary little fellow Please asks the stranger draw me a sheep & the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries He pulls out pencil & paper Thus begins this wise & enchanting fable that in teaching the secret of what is really important in life has changed the world forever for its readers Often seen as a symbol of childhood innocence Antoine de Saint-Exupery's best-selling book The Little Prince is cherished by children & adults alike across the globe Ideal for children aged 7 & up This beautiful edition contains the definitive translation & all the original illustrations The Little Prince joins the ranks of A Little Princess The Secret Garden & Peter Pan as a genuine children's classic of the twentieth century Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in 1900 in Lyon In 1921 he began his training as a pilot By 1926 he had became one of the pioneers of international postal flight In 1945 he embarked on a record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon Nineteen hours into the flight his plane crashed in the Sahara desert He survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration limited food & hallucinations On the fourth day the was rescued In part this experience was the inspiration for ' The Little Prince' He continued to fly until World War II during which he took self-imposed exile On 31 July 1944 he disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission

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Paper - A thin sheet mainly used for writing. Available in a variety of colours. Made mainly from wood pulp.
Flight - The process of of an object moving through the air
Garden - An outside area with grass and foliage
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Pilot - Someone who is qualified to fly a plane.
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