The Little Prince (Minalima Edition)

Experience The Little Prince like never before in this luxe, foil-stamped edition featuring more than 100 new illustrations by internationally-renowned Studio MinaLima paired with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s original poetic text. This cherished classic text comes to life with 8 pop-of-the-page interactive elements, like sliding tabs, foldouts, spinners, embossing, and more. MinaLima, the design studio best known for creating the graphic universe of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, takes readers on an ever more fantastic journey from planet to desert, from watering the prince’s blossoming rose to feeling the embrace of the snake. This reimagination of the world-famous tale with stunning paper-engineered inserts will have both children and adults alike dreaming in a whole new way. Eight exclusive interactive elements include:- a three-sided folded elephant sketch attached to the page;- a fold out that reveals three sheep in a box tucked into the pilot's shirt pocket;- an embossed illustration of the little prince with flaps that open his cape to reveal his home planet, spinning on a rivet, along with a fold out metallic crown that slots into the page;- a blossoming flower with rotating petals that part to reveal its face;- a golden calendar dial with rotating hands to change the time, date, and face of the sun;- a sliding tabbed illustration of a snake that creates an optical illusion of it being bejeweled;- a theater style full-spread pop out that shows the little prince and the fox;- a folded, die-cut card of the little prince and the pilot at sunset under golden stars The Little Prince has enchanted readers across the world. Studio MinaLima continues that tradition with this elegant edition.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), born in Lyons, France, is one of the world’s best loved and widest read writers. His timeless fable, The Little Prince, has sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into nearly every language. His pilot’s memoir, Wind, Sand and Stars, won the National Book Award and was named the #1 adventure book of all time by Outside magazine and was ranked #3 on National Geographic Adventure’s list of all-time-best exploration books. His other books include Night Flight; Southern Mail; and Airman's Odyssey. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean.