The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Peter S s's remarkable biography The Pilot and the Little Prince celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world.

Antoine de Saint-Exup ry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilot--and that was when his adventures began. He found a job delivering mail by plane, which had never been done before. He and his fellow pilots traveled to faraway places and discovered new ways of getting from one place to the next. Antoine flew over mountains and deserts. He battled winds and storms. He tried to break aviation records, and sometimes he even crashed. From his plane, Antoine looked down on the earth and was inspired to write about his life and his pilot-hero friends in memoirs and in fiction.

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Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 05/27/2014
ISBN: 9780374380694
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 12.33h x 9.36w x 0.46d
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/03/2014
Booklist 03/15/2014 pg. 73
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 192
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 114
Shelf Awareness 05/30/2014
New York Times Book Review 06/15/2014 pg. 18
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2014 pg. 596 - Book Of Special Distinction
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 31
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 73
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 28
Shelf Awareness 12/12/2014
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2015 pg. 15
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 166663 / Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 1