The Pilot and the Little Prince

The Life Story of Antoine de Saint Exupery

Peter Sis

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Pushkin Press
28 January 2015

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICKS ----- The award-winning illustrator tells the story of the life of Antoine de Saint Exupery, the creator of the beloved classic The Little Prince. Dreamily beautiful illustrations in muted tones of blue and brown (apart from the vivid and startling pages that depict the outbreak of WWII) convey the sense of a man who only felt at home in the sky. From Saint Exupery's earliest days, to his disappearance in 1944, Sis makes the point that however many times the pilot crashed, he always flew again. Full of factual information about the early days of aviation, the pages also contain tiny parcels of biography. A visually stunning book and a homage to a lost soul, this will intrigue readers of any age. Lindy

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born in France in 1900, when aeroplanes were just being invented. He always dreamt of flying, and when he became a pilot as a young man, his adventures truly began. He was one of the first pilots to deliver mail by plane and, along with his fellow pilots, helped to create new routes to faraway places. Antoine flew over mountains and deserts, battled winds and storms, and even tried to break aviation records. He also crashed a number of times. From his plane he reflected on life on the earth and in the skies, and this inspired him to write about his experiences. Peter Sis's remarkable biography celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the world's most beloved books.

By: Peter Sis
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9781782690597
ISBN 10: 178269059X
Pages: 50
Publication Date: 28 January 2015
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1949, Peter Sis is an internationally renowned author and illustrator of many books for children. He has now received, among many awards, three Caldecott Honours, the Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, and the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award. He also received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 for his lasting contribution to children's illustration. He has lived in New York City in America since 1984.

Reviews for The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life Story of Antoine de Saint Exupery

Internationally acclaimed illustrator, filmmaker, painter, and author Peter Sis is a genius. That wordmay be overused to be almost meaningless, but I have no other explanation for the seemingly endlessdepths of his fertile imagination. -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis There is a breathtaking magic in the young Peter Sis. How did that happen is a mystery to me, but it isa fact. Enter his world and see. -- Milos Forman, director of Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest