The Little Prince
15 journalers for this copy...
This is a topclass children's book... well suitable for adults too.... gives you a lesson about life....
Read it, give it to your children and friends....
Read it, give it to your children and friends....
I posted this to 'Solittletime' the 26th of September....
I received The Little Prince on October 3rd through a BookRelay. My Mom told me this was one of her favorite books, but I have never read it, so thank you, Silverstone, for sending it to me.As requested, I will do a controlled, rather than a wild, release of this book when it is ready to leave my side. Thanks for sharing.
Will be sending to klemz to include in an m-bag as a controlled release.
This is simply a beautiful book. It has taken me all these years to get around to acquiring and reading it and I am very moved by it. I will set it loose in a controlled release and hope the next reader will find it as delightful. A few of my favorite parts:
"I'll make you a minister!"
"A minister of what?"
"Of... of justice!"
"But there is nobody here to judge..."
"Then you shall judge yourself," answered the king. "That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise."
"I beg of you... tame me!" he said.
"Willingly," the little prince replied, "but I haven't got much time. I have friends to discover and a lot of things to understand."
"One can only understand the things one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends. If you want a friend, tame me!"
"Goodbye," said the fox. "Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
He was a merchant selling sophisticated pills intended to quench one's thirst. If a single pill was swallowed once a week, the need to drink disappeared.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little princee.
"Because it saves a lot of time," said the merchant. "Experts have worked it all out. You save fifty-three minutes a week."
"And what does one do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Whatever one wishes."
"If I had fifty-three minutes to spend," said the little prince, "I would walk very slowly towards a spring of fresh water..."
"I'll make you a minister!"
"A minister of what?"
"Of... of justice!"
"But there is nobody here to judge..."
"Then you shall judge yourself," answered the king. "That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise."
"I beg of you... tame me!" he said.
"Willingly," the little prince replied, "but I haven't got much time. I have friends to discover and a lot of things to understand."
"One can only understand the things one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends. If you want a friend, tame me!"
"Goodbye," said the fox. "Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
He was a merchant selling sophisticated pills intended to quench one's thirst. If a single pill was swallowed once a week, the need to drink disappeared.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little princee.
"Because it saves a lot of time," said the merchant. "Experts have worked it all out. You save fifty-three minutes a week."
"And what does one do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Whatever one wishes."
"If I had fifty-three minutes to spend," said the little prince, "I would walk very slowly towards a spring of fresh water..."
I am sending this book to klemz to include in an m-bag. It is on the wish list for oceanss.Please make a controlled, not wild, release when you are done with it, per the request of the BookCrosser who registered it, Silverstone. Thanks.
Sent to klemz on 2/7/04 via media mail.
Halfway there now on to Iran...
M-bag mailed to Oceanss today...
Accepted on the bookrelay site by bookgal23
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
Journal Entry 12 by oceanss at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray in Tehran, Tehran Iran on Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Released on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in Tehran, tehran Iran.
Accepted on the book relay :)
Accepted on the book relay :)
Received this today in the mail, all the way from Iran! Thanks! I look forward to reading this book as I have heard beautiful things about it.
I loved this book, you can learn many of life's lessons from it. It was touching and innocent and I really felt the deeper meaning. I remember watching the cartoon when I was little, but the book is so much better.
I agree with solittletime in that my favorite parts were:
"Goodbye," said the fox. "Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
He was a merchant selling sophisticated pills intended to quench one's thirst. If a single pill was swallowed once a week, the need to drink disappeared.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"Because it saves a lot of time," said the merchant. "Experts have worked it all out. You save fifty-three minutes a week."
"And what does one do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Whatever one wishes."
"If I had fifty-three minutes to spend," said the little prince, "I would walk very slowly towards a spring of fresh water..."
I will be passing this book on to someone else as I feel everyone should experience this wonderful story.
I agree with solittletime in that my favorite parts were:
"Goodbye," said the fox. "Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
He was a merchant selling sophisticated pills intended to quench one's thirst. If a single pill was swallowed once a week, the need to drink disappeared.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"Because it saves a lot of time," said the merchant. "Experts have worked it all out. You save fifty-three minutes a week."
"And what does one do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Whatever one wishes."
"If I had fifty-three minutes to spend," said the little prince, "I would walk very slowly towards a spring of fresh water..."
I will be passing this book on to someone else as I feel everyone should experience this wonderful story.
I'm sending this on a Bookray so that many others may enjoy it.
Participants:
1.Gooby (Burnley, Victoria, Australia)
2.jessibud (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)*
3.dallasjay (Escondido, CA)*
4.raralovestoread (Niceville, FL)
5.KF-in-Georgia (Marietta, GA)
6.teenage-faerie (Dandridge,TN)
*Willing to ship international, if necessary.
Participants:
1.Gooby (Burnley, Victoria, Australia)
2.jessibud (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)*
3.dallasjay (Escondido, CA)*
4.raralovestoread (Niceville, FL)
5.KF-in-Georgia (Marietta, GA)
6.teenage-faerie (Dandridge,TN)
*Willing to ship international, if necessary.
Sent today to Gooby in Australia by Air Mail. Enjoy!
Received by mail from Bookgal23, a lovely package from New York! And expecially glad to see the little MSF logo - an humanitarian organisation that commands a lot of respect from me.
A beautiful little book. I have just started working with children, and am trying not to be a grown-up who "never understand[s] anthing by [my]self and it is rather tedious for children to have to explain things to [me] time and time again".
Unfortunately, I am not in the mood for reinterpreting allegory. Suffice to say that I enjoyed it and the many layers that can be found within the story. As I type, I can feel the Baobabs growing steadily in the back of my brain and I will soon have to break to dig them out. However, whilst I will undoubtedly become distracted, hopefully the Little Prince will continue to whisper questions in my ear.
Unfortunately, I am not in the mood for reinterpreting allegory. Suffice to say that I enjoyed it and the many layers that can be found within the story. As I type, I can feel the Baobabs growing steadily in the back of my brain and I will soon have to break to dig them out. However, whilst I will undoubtedly become distracted, hopefully the Little Prince will continue to whisper questions in my ear.
I'm afraid that due to work commitments the Little Prince had longer to make friends with my other books than I had intended. Posted today to Jessibud, on a lovely sunny afternoon.
My turn in this ring, YAY!!!
The last time I read this book, I was a teenager, yikes! It's time to look at it again with new eyes. I do remember that I loved it the first-time round and I know its wisdom will likely be just as fresh this time. I look forward to it.
The last time I read this book, I was a teenager, yikes! It's time to look at it again with new eyes. I do remember that I loved it the first-time round and I know its wisdom will likely be just as fresh this time. I look forward to it.
I'm really happy to have had an opportunity to re-visit this book. It's an interesting exercise to reread something I read as a teenager, now, through adult eyes. It's such a sweet book, so simple yet, at the same time, deep. Thanks! I put this into the mail to dallasjay yesterday
I read this book years and years ago when I was in elementary school. The book was an interesting little read, and it brought back memories of being in school again when I read it the first time through. Thank you to whoever started this ring for the opportunity for me to read it again.
I received this book in the mail today. I will begin reading it as soon as I finish the bookring book I am currently reading. I have never read this book and am really looking forward to it. Thanks to bookgal23 for sharing it.
I enjoyed this as a children's story, but didn't discover much in the way of allegory. Of course, this may be due to the fact that I read it all in one afternoon. Perhaps when I read it again someday, I will be able to figure out the deeper meaning.
Here are some passages that I liked:
p. 11 Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is rather tedious for children to have to explain things to them time and again.
p. 46 "I'll make you a minister!"
"A minister of what?"
"Of ... of justice!"
"But there is nobody here to judge!"
...
"Then you shall judge yourself," answered the king. "That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise."
p. 82 "It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
Here are some passages that I liked:
p. 11 Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is rather tedious for children to have to explain things to them time and again.
p. 46 "I'll make you a minister!"
"A minister of what?"
"Of ... of justice!"
"But there is nobody here to judge!"
...
"Then you shall judge yourself," answered the king. "That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise."
p. 82 "It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
Today I mailed this book to KF-in-Georgia. Enjoy!
The book arrived today.
A pleasant little book, fast and easy to read. But--for this adult, at least--not as magical as I wanted it to be. (P.S. The drawings were my favorite part...)Mailed (first class) today to teenage-faerie in Tennessee.
wow-this book has been everywhere already! and it's such good shape. :) cant wait to read this one! will begin asap.
i loved this book. it's such a nice inspiring story! everyone should read it.
i couldnt decide what to do with it so i offered it up as a ray and these users signed up:
opheliadrowned
fizzfred
i couldnt decide what to do with it so i offered it up as a ray and these users signed up:
opheliadrowned
fizzfred
Journal Entry 30 by teenage-faerie at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Thursday, January 13, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (1/13/2005 UTC) at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
sending this to opheliadrowned
sending this to opheliadrowned
Just received in the mail from teenage-faerie. Will get to reading it soon.
This was a cute book. The Little Prince was an interesting character. I will be mailing this off to fizzfred tomorrow.
Thanks opheliadrowned, I received this little book today. I plan to read it to my daughter and then send it back on it's journey.
Sent to rooshill because she wished for it on Cliff's site. :) Enjoy!!!
*I will write more later when I have more time.
*I will write more later when I have more time.
Thanks so much, fizzfred! It's lovely to get gifts in the mail :)
Unfortunately it will have to snuggle on my shelf with other TBRs for a little while since I have some ring/ray books right now. I'm eager to read it, though. I vaguely remember the cartoon from my childhood and have been wanting to find the book (or the cartoon again) for some time.
Unfortunately it will have to snuggle on my shelf with other TBRs for a little while since I have some ring/ray books right now. I'm eager to read it, though. I vaguely remember the cartoon from my childhood and have been wanting to find the book (or the cartoon again) for some time.
I absolutely cherished this little book. I plan to get a copy for my Permanent Collection, since this one came from another BCer and I don't feel right about keeping it. I hope to find this same edition because the author's illustrations are charming and IMHO essential to the telling of the story. (Boas from the outside and the inside ROCK! :D)
This story is one that fits into a category that a good friend of mine made up: small effort, big rewards, deep thought reading.
The lessons on life are gentle, but thought-provoking and sometimes heart-wrenching. I guess if I was inclined to a short review, it would have said: 10 stars. This book made me cry.
I've now passed it on to my sister (on her birthday) and when she returns it I will pass it to my friend Jon, who created the category for it.
This story is one that fits into a category that a good friend of mine made up: small effort, big rewards, deep thought reading.
The lessons on life are gentle, but thought-provoking and sometimes heart-wrenching. I guess if I was inclined to a short review, it would have said: 10 stars. This book made me cry.
I've now passed it on to my sister (on her birthday) and when she returns it I will pass it to my friend Jon, who created the category for it.
I just got it back from my little sister. She realized once she started it that she had read it as a child, but tells me that it was nice to read it again.
Now I'm going to give it to Jon when I see him at work.
Now I'm going to give it to Jon when I see him at work.
this book has now been through Jon (he confirms my rating - small effort, big rewards), then to Ingrid (she doesn't read fiction/stories but really liked this - loved the drawings too), and to Ingrid's daughter who wanted to read it because she used to have a copy that she read to her children.
I'm marking it AVL now while my husband reads it and I think about who to give it to next. (Keeping in mind original registerers request for controlled releases!)
I'm marking it AVL now while my husband reads it and I think about who to give it to next. (Keeping in mind original registerers request for controlled releases!)
My husband really liked this book, too. He laughed at the drawings and got that "deep thought" look while reading other parts.
I put it up on bookrelay, and it was accepted right away. I'm sorry to say I lost track of things and it's only now leaving my hands. Enjoy Ceili! and please accept my apologies for the delay!
I put it up on bookrelay, and it was accepted right away. I'm sorry to say I lost track of things and it's only now leaving my hands. Enjoy Ceili! and please accept my apologies for the delay!
Received yesterday from Rooshill in a Book Relay. It was fascinating to see all the places this little book has been and to read all of the journal entries. I am currently reading "Stranger Than Fiction" which I received through nokturnalmuse's book ray and just read the other day that Antoine De Saint-Exupery, author-cum-aviator took off on a reconnaissance mission over southern France in 1944 and was never seen again. How very sad and eerie.
Also, thank you Rooshill for sending me one of SpedBug's wonderful postcards! :D
