Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 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. Peter Sís's remarkable biography celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world.
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful.
Perfection!
By B. McDonald
Only the remarkable Peter Sis could write about Antoine de Saint-Exupery with the same gentle touch as the pilot himself. The book's beauty is indescribable. Page after page, we accompany Antoine on his life's journey. When the page is turned, the blood of the Germans' assault on France is doused by the blue of the ocean and the glow of the moon. From the whimsy of Manhattan's alligator pose to the glistening rise of an image of THE LITTLE PRINCE on the following pages--I catch my breath with its beauty.Beyond that, it's a great true story of a pilot with a dream. Sis has taken us as close to the "glittering planet next to the stars" as we can go in this life. (Lift the book jacket to discover the embossed airplane. This sort of detail is rarely found in contemporary books.)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Author Peter Sis Soars
By Amazon Customer
This book with its intricate artwork and historically accurate details will engage adult or advanced readers and fascinate beginning or non-readers.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
I thought it would be great for may 6 year old granddaughter
By James H. Price
As a pilot and one who has read Saint-Exupery's work, I thought it would be great for may 6 year old granddaughter. I was wrongand then noted that the format was perhaps confusing for her. Her older sister of 10, strong reader was not very impressed either.Perhaps I was not able to match the age grouping. At 74, I thought it was OK but then again, as a pilot perhaps I could understandthe interesting and intense feelings of the subject. JP
