If Saint-Exupéry is to be believed The Little Prince is a book for children written for grown-ups. It can be read on many different levels to provide pleasure and food for thought for readers of all ages.

The author, an aviator, crashes with his aeroplane in the middle of the Sahara desert. While he is trying to repair his aeroplane, a little boy appears and asks him to draw a sheep. The author learns that The Little Prince comes from asteroid B-612 where he has left behind three volcanoes and a rose...

This one was left in Faro, Portugal, on the bench, in the Lovers Park; where a lot of couples go for sinful proposals, although the book is very chaste. “If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”