Name: Le Petit Prince
Rating: 4.348338692390139 (2799 reviews)
ISBN: 9780547443300

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Joann Sfar

Brigitte Findakly

Originally published in 2008 by Gallimard Jeunesse.

Le Petit Prince

Ivana Todorović

Torrey Egan 

sofia

Paulina Bielawiec 

❝ Dobrze widzi się tylko sercem. Najważniejsze jest niewidoczne dla oczu ❞. 

Someone

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her...

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

In one of those stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend...I shall not leave you

People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still others, for scholars, they're problems... But all those stars are silent stars. You, though, you'll have stars like nobody else... since I'll be laughing on one of them, for you it'll be as if all the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh!... and it'll be as if I had given you, instead of stars, a lot of tiny bells that know how to laugh ...

Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes.

ellie 💐💌⭐️

And a little later you added: ‘You know, when a person is very, very sad, they like sunsets.’

‘And were you very, very sad on the day you watched forty-four sunsets?’

Roxanne

All grown-ups were children once - although few of them remember it.

Marshie

Politics are meaningless unless they serve a spiritual truth.

Walid

Maybe I am a bit like the grown-ups. Maybe I have grown old.

Betty

"If someone loves flowers, of which one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars."

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

"It is only with the heart the one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.

The little prince

"Eres responsable para siempre de lo que has domesticado." Qué hermosa historia y cuántas enseñanzas lleva en tan pocas páginas. Me hubiese encantado haberlo leído de niño. Quizás así me hubiese ahorrado golpearme la cabeza contra la pared unas cuantas veces. El principito viaja por el universo y en cada lugar que visita nos deja una moraleja, para pensar y para llevar dentro. Si me necesitan, búsquenme en mi jardín. Voy a estar cuidando mi flor.

thya

I guess this book is about growing up and the differences between adulthood and childhood. Where life becomes more serious and less creative. I watched the movie years ago so I already knew what was about to happen but it was a good read. 

Being stranded in a desert after a crash, a pilot comes in contact with a captivating young prince who shares his various adventures from planet to planet and his search for what is important in one's life. Few stories are as widely read and is universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. For over 75 years the story is philosophical and includes social criticism of the adult world, and this edition includes the original text and beautiful illustrations. A perfect classic for every one's library.

The Little Prince

I read this book last year in 2025. My first novel ever.

Sometimes I wish to fade away under the stars just like the little prince.

Stevie Locks

I read this book last year in 2025. My first novel ever.

Sometimes I wish to fade away under the stars just like the little prince.

Little Prince

for me it was a book which required some interpretation, which is surely playful, but it turns out your interpretations are wrong, because the hidden meaning is way too simple (you find out throughout reading the book) but maybe that's just me.

Robert Włodarczyk

This book has been a huge part of my childhood, and even after more than a decade I still reread it when I miss my childhood days. The kid within us will never be gone. As a kid, this book helped me open myself to the different emotional effects one can feel when reading a book.

Jennifer

My ebook copy messed up the italic sentences so I’m pretty sure I missed out on some important quotes, which is why this gets four stars. 

Sindhujaw

"We only really see with our hearts. What matters is invisible to the eyes." Such an adorable and cutesy read.

"An aviator, downed in the desert and facing long odds of survival, encounters a strange young person, neither man nor really boy, who, it emerges over time, has travelled from his solitary home on a distant asteroid, where he lives alone with a single rose. The rose has made him so miserable that, in torment, he has taken advantage of a flock of birds to convey him to other planets. He is instructed by a wise if cautious fox, and by a sinister angel of death, the snake."--Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

New Translation by Richard Mathews with Restored Original Art

Il Piccolo Principe

dai carino, anche se ho letto un’edizione del ‘97 che ancora utilizza la parola slur per indicare le persone nere. 1997. 29 anni fa. vergognatevi 

mirta <3

Mali Princ Prince Serbian

Natalija

Wow… what a book. I didn’t expect this at all. From the first page, it grabs your attention, and it’s such a great way to show what happens to all of us when we become adults. What happens to the child inside of us? We spend our adulthood busy with matters of consequence and forget the joys of life that even a sunrise or sunset can give us, or a flower, or the everyday beauty we find in nature. As of 2026, we are the only planet in the whole universe that we know of that has these things. (The nature and animals part—sunrises and sunsets happen everywhere, but I don’t know if they’re as beautiful as they are on Earth.) Definitely one of my most recommended reads.

Tanishq Khandelwal

Irene Testot-Ferry

Este libro es simplemente mágico, lo leeré mil veces y siempre descubriré cosas nuevas.

Ariana Otero 

Né en 1943 à New York, Le Petit Prince est un phénomène de l’édition mondiale.

Le Petit Prince est un conte philosophique qui séduit pour les valeurs qu’il porte, qui se transmet et se partage de génération en génération depuis 80 ans. Créateur de liens entre les générations, les hommes et les continents, Le Petit Prince est également une icône du développement durable, un acteur de la paix dans le monde, et un défenseur des droits de l’enfant.

Inacreditável que uma rapozinha sabe tanto

Heron 

"We only really see with our hearts. What matters is invisible to the eyes."

"We only really see with our hearts. What matters is invisible to the eyes."

Such an adorable and cutesy read.

El principito

la tipicaaa, lo leí hace mucho y la verdad que me gustó bastante, los arcos de la rosa y del zorro me parecieron muy interesantes y en su momento me ayudaron mucho a superar unas cuestiones que tenía. supongo que es como el sui generis de los libros

luca

Este libro fue de los primeros que amé de verdad. Lo leí de chiquita porque se veía cute, pero cada vez que lo releo (y ya van varias), me da en lugares distintos del alma. 💛

₊˚.⋆☾ eva ☾ ⋆⁺₊

Noro

i loved this so much. I cried. Even though this is a children's book, i resonated with it in so many ways than a book with an adult audience could've ever resonated with me.

loni

enjoyed it when i was a child, enjoyed it even more as an adult

The little prince discovers the secrets of friendship while travelling through the universe.

O Principezinho

Não é definitivamente para crianças! 🌙🪐

Júlia Dinis

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is a charming and thought-provoking novella that beautifully blends whimsy with profound life lessons. It’s an allegorical tale about love, relationships, and seeing the world through the eyes of a child. The book’s simple yet poetic style, combined with its enchanting illustrations, makes it a timeless classic that has resonated with readers for generations.

What I loved most was the story’s ability to convey profound truths in an accessible way. 

Each planet the Little Prince visits represents a different way humans seek fulfilment through power, knowledge, wealth, or duty. However, the Prince’s wisdom reveals that true meaning lies in love, relationships, and seeing the world with a childlike sense of wonder. The book suggests that by reconnecting with our inner child and valuing what is "invisible to the eye," we can find deeper purpose and joy in life. Lines like these are meaningful reminders of the importance of love, empathy, and imagination in a world that often values materialism over deeper connections.

That said, the book is undoubtedly a work of art and philosophy, and I’d recommend it to anyone open to reflecting on life’s deeper meanings. By tackling the universal themes of love, innocence, and loss among others, The Little Prince becomes more than a simple children’s story; it’s a reflective, philosophical work that speaks to readers of all ages about the beauty and fragility of human connections. It invites readers to look beyond the surface and reconnect with the innocence and curiosity we often lose as we grow up.

Patricia

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is a charming and thought-provoking novella that beautifully blends whimsy with profound life lessons. It’s an allegorical tale about love, relationships, and seeing the world through the eyes of a child. The book’s simple yet poetic style, combined with its enchanting illustrations, makes it a timeless classic that has resonated with readers for generations.

What I loved most was the story’s ability to convey profound truths in an accessible way. 

Each planet the Little Prince visits represents a different way humans seek fulfilment through power, knowledge, wealth, or duty. However, the Prince’s wisdom reveals that true meaning lies in love, relationships, and seeing the world with a childlike sense of wonder. The book suggests that by reconnecting with our inner child and valuing what is "invisible to the eye," we can find deeper purpose and joy in life. Lines like these are meaningful reminders of the importance of love, empathy, and imagination in a world that often values materialism over deeper connections.

That said, the book is undoubtedly a work of art and philosophy, and I’d recommend it to anyone open to reflecting on life’s deeper meanings. By tackling the universal themes of love, innocence, and loss among others, The Little Prince becomes more than a simple children’s story; it’s a reflective, philosophical work that speaks to readers of all ages about the beauty and fragility of human connections. It invites readers to look beyond the surface and reconnect with the innocence and curiosity we often lose as we grow up.

Le Petit Prince

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