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The Little Prince
'What is essential is invisible to the eye.' 🌹 A children's book that explains grief better than most adults can.
Who it's for
The Little Prince uses a simple fable to talk about big things: love, loneliness, loss and how adults lose track of what matters.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's illustrated novella, first published in 1943, is narrated by a pilot who crashes in the Sahara Desert and meets a young prince from the tiny asteroid B-612. The prince describes caring for a single rose he loves on his home world and his journey across six small planets, each inhabited by a lone adult such as a king, a businessman and a lamplighter.
Where to find it
In print in many translations (Woods and Howard translations from Harcourt/HMH) and in all libraries; audiobook editions exist. Not reliably public domain in the US.
Before you start
Heads up: An implied death at the end.
Age: Ages 9+
Much of your pain is self-chosen.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
