The Little Prince is story about a pilot who has to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert and encounters a boy, the prince, who asks the pilot to draw a sheep. As the story progresses, the pilot learns more about where the prince comes from and how he arrived on earth. Although this book is only 80 pages with pictures, the themes are very applicable. There is a focus on friendship, imagination, and how “strange” grown-ups are.
I think this book is very teachable. Because it is short, it wouldn’t take a lot of time to read in class, but it can easily translate to writing and drawing activities. I also think this book could appeal to a variety of students because the plot is so creative. Although this book is not blatantly multicultural, the author is French and because the prince is from a different planet, there is room for many interpretations of earth and the objects we encounter everyday, but so often just pass by.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Reynal & Hitchcock. 1943
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