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