The Little Prince

It took my husband and me quite effort to take the book out from its cover. It would have been better without the cover. I would have bought the one without the gift cover - nice and cheaper.

Le petit prince is my favorite book... both in fernch and in english! It captures the heart of innocence and teaches valuable moral lessons. The book is versatile- great for kids and great for adults.

A great story after all these years. Becomes more meaningful each time that I read it again. Some of the people who may, or may not, recognize themselves in the book will certainly miss the point of it--or not want to see it. This boxed edition is good quality--looks good and nice feel.

For the past 2 decades spiritual/self-help books, audios, movies, live lectures, work-shops, etc. have become very popular. If you follow the creators of such work you'll see a repeating pattern: The first book (or work in other shape and forms ) is a hit, a best seller, a life saver, an eye opener, a path changer and so on. After the success, follows the numerous other books which basically say the same thing with different titles and words . Of course there would also be the "The Gift Shop" selling hats, t-shirts, coffee mugs, note-cards and all the other "Spiritual"goodies. Also, if you are willing to spare money, you could get very "Special" and "Unique" offers. The at first modest and humble messenger of the so-called spiritual work turns to a famous egoistic person caring more about their fame than their original message.As Kafka says,"you can write many books about life but get very little "life" out of books.
People who really have the intention to be the messenger of what seems essential to them and wish to share their insights and experiences because their sharing is a gift, do not seek money and fame. Sharing love, light, healing and miracles is not and cannot be conditional. It does not seem spiritual to turn rich and famous and on top of that become distant from people. People like Dr. Schweitzer, Mother Tressa, and many others can and will be famous unintentionally but I seriously doubt that genuine help was not their main intention (their ONLY intention).
All that said, if you read and reread the simple yet profound book, The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint Exupe'ry, you'll see that this short book that can really be for all ages in different stages, carries many gifts without the need of fancy titles, lengthy lectures, gift shops, and sequels. The author of this book is long gone and yet the message of his book is simple, eternal and universal. Most of one can seek in today's "New Age" heavy books, can be found in this simple, heart-felt and honest book. After all, as The Little Prince says, "What is essential is invisible to the eye"

This is one of the most wonderful books I have ever read. It is full of imagination and shows a different way to see things. It is a masterpiece. No wonder why the French celebrate this author as one of their greatest.