One of the most published and translated books in the world, Theittle Prince fascinates the reader with its story of a pilot marooned in the Sahara after something goes wrong with his plane, and aittle man with golden hair who has ‘fallen’ to earth by chance.As the pilot tries to repair his plane, theittle man requests him to draw a sheep as well as a box to keep the sheep in, so that it may not harm a flower he cares for—and therein begins a friendship thateads us to re-examine the many things we take for granted in our everydayife.Part fantasy, part fable, this is written as much for children as for adults, bringing home the message ‘what is essential, is invisible to the eye’.