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Summary: The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Review: My mother read this book to me as a child and I enjoyed it every time. Then I read it in my teen years and again as an adult--I love it every time. I come away with something different each time I read it, I always learn something new. It is an interesting and beautiful story about life disguised as a simple children's book. I think that anyone can enjoy this book, as well as it's illustrations, at any age.
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Summary: Soul Searching - find it here!
Review: This book was required reading for a Philosophy course. You might think why would they read children's books in college? But The Little Prince is a spiritual epiphany disguised as a kid's story. This newer translation is not as moving as the the Katherine Woods translation - please read her version first! You will agree
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Summary: The Little Prince
Review: this book is a wonderful experience for everyone who allows him or herself the find the deeper meaning in it . this book is an amazing work writen from the veiw of a child . every time i read the book i get something new out of it . this book is not just about a boy its a philosophy on life .
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Summary: A book that needs no review
Review: We have a maximum of 1,000 words to use for our reviews here. With "The Little Prince" they are unneccesary. Why sit here and read what I have to say about the book when you could be reading the book itself? Just buy this book. It is that good. It doesn't need any reviews to make anyone want to buy it. Read it and you'll see why. Read this book.
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Summary: WARNING: The New Translation is NOT Better
Review: Get a used copy of the Katherine Woods translation (the cover has a white background) and compare it with the "new" Howard translation to see for yourself. I'm shocked and surprised that a publisher would REPLACE the translation of a beloved, time-honored classic. Why? The Woods translation is now out-of-print so be advised that "The Little Prince" you knew and loved is no longer readily available to his fans.
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Summary: The Saddest Classic
Review: This story is a classic. I cry every time I read it. It deals with the most mysterious things in life: friendship and death. I personnaly have only read the old, more poetic translation.
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Summary: A Guide Book for All (especially grown-ups)
Review: This has become the standard guide book for behavior. First read as an adult, I now expect any new friend to have read it. Also great for reading aloud, especially while traveling, whether kids or adults are in the audience. The language is poetic and easily accessed, even in translation. The lessons in behavior are universal, kind, as well as thought provoking.
Honestly, would you be friends with anyone who hasn't read
The Little Prince?
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Summary: Great Children's Book / Existential Wonder
Review: We are often amazed at the curiosity and wonder that children possess. Their minds are still soft and pliable, undistorted by the status quo and the media. They look at things from a different perspective, or in a different light. Adults can learn more than they realize from children.The Little Prince can be read simply as a children's book, a story of a curious little boy who encounters a pilot and tells the pilot of his journey. The book can also be read from an existential standpoint... If we take the fact that life is meaningless and that we'll all just eventually die, that creates a pretty pessimistic view of life. If this is such the case, what's the point? Why live? What's the meaning of life? The Little Prince shows, that while life may be meaningless, you should do the things you enjoy in life. On his asteroid, the prince tends the flower, gets rid of the baobabs, and rakes out his volcanoes. Yet he also speaks of watching the sun set time and time again, just by moving his chair further and further back. (His asteroid is very small.) The prince does what he enjoys and doesn't bother himself with seriousness. He doesn't care much for adults because their innocence and imagination has been lost. Read this book to understand more fully that adults need to have a great imagination and not take everything so seriously. Look at things from a different perspective: you might see something new.
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Summary: The Human Heart Is Very Mysterious
Review: In this recording the stars shine, & you can hear a thousand bells jingling with the laughter of innocence & love. This isn't the complete text of St. Ex's masterpiece, yet it's so good that it adds to the understanding and to the joy of hearing old friends for the first time. Gere's voice is perfect. I could hear the voice of St. Ex, his imagined voice, the voice of his soul given life by his words. St. Ex's words created a wonderful story NOT for grownups but certainly not just for children, either. The little prince encounters the major vices & illogic of a grownup-structured system. These representative grownups include the power hungry King happily giving orders; the businessman who grossly consumes the heavens: But, why? To get more. What do you do with more? Use it to get more of more. The little prince would say: grownups are very mysterious. The fox is unique in knowledge about friendship. He's an outsider hunted by men. His persecution develops deep perceptions into the heart of life and relationships. This recording is a perfect stress buster for living in a world with grownups. Don the earphones, listen to the gentle, intelligent voice of St. Ex and hear what is truly essential.
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Summary: The Little Prince
Review: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."
The narrator, whom is an airplane pilot has crashed in the Sahara Desert with his airplane, and is now stranded. The Pilot/narrator relates his own adventures and those of the little prince, and he illustrates them as well. He has said since he was a child, that the drawings are just as important as the text. When he illustrates, it makes him think and feel completely as if he were a child once again. As he begins to feel lonely and discouraged, he meets the little prince and begins to like him very much. The little prince reminded the pilot of the invisible aspects of life. He slowly begins to put his drawings to life as his days go on, and feels just as if he was a child again. Just like the little prince, he too learns a very valuable lessen, that what truly matters is a matter of consequence, and is invisible to the eye.
The little prince is the symbol of hope, love, compassion, and the child in every one of us. He comes from a planet called Asteroid B-612, where everything is so small, just like the little prince. The little prince represents all the humanity and truth. He has so much innocence that he is so confused about the behavior of adults. His strong imagination makes pictures come to life. He has a rose, and 3 other volcanoes that he left behind on his planet when he departed. The reason the little prince left his planet was because he loved the rose too much, but he assumed that she didn't love him back, so he left, without realizing what importance he had left behind.
The rose is the symbol of our families and loved ones, whom we must take care of, and tame. It symbolizes the things that we must care for and treasure. The little prince makes many new friends on Earth, but he sees in him that he still feels lonely without her, the rose. While he visits earth, he learns one of the most important lessons in life. He learns that someone must see the invisible aspects of life with the heart, and not with the eyes. This he and the pilot learned from the fox. The fox was the one whom asked the little prince to tame him. This meant to take care of him, and become friends with him, being responsible for him, and loving him, and truly seeing the most important things in life, through the heart.
The little prince and the pilot realize that people no longer see what is truly important in life, which causes them to learn something very important from one and other...
Just remember this, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." If you understand this intriguing quote, than you will guide your heart through this book...
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