Fantasy · Children's · Classics
The Little Prince
Bestseller: about 200 million copies (estimate)A pilot stranded in the desert meets a small boy who has travelled from a tiny planet. Through the boy's stories of the strange adults and the one rose he left behind, the book looks at love and what grown-ups forget.
- First published
- 1943
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like short, gentle books that read like fables and reward a second look as an adult.
Skip this if you want a firm plot, action or a fully developed fantasy world.
The feel
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Where to get it
| Store | Price | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Borrow free | ||
| Libby / OverDrive | Free with a library card | Borrow free with Libby from Libby / OverDrive |
| Print, new | ||
| Bookshop.org | Check price | Buy new from Bookshop.org |
| Amazon | Check price | Buy new from Amazon |
| Barnes & Noble | Check price | Buy new from Barnes & Noble |
| Print, used | ||
| AbeBooks | Check price | Buy used from AbeBooks |
| ThriftBooks | Check price | Buy used from ThriftBooks |
| Ebook | ||
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| Google Play Books | Check price | Buy ebook from Google Play Books |
| Audiobook | ||
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| Audible | Check price | Buy audiobook from Audible |
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