The Pilot and the Little Prince

Posted on 22 June 2018 by Peter Sís

Antoine de Saint Exup ry 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 S s s remarkable biography celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world.A Frances Foster Book Download The Pilot and the Little Prince Author Peter Sís – kino-fada.fr Beautiful and multilayered A phrase that normally makes me run screaming is for all ages but this might be true in this case I practically had The Little Princememorized, in both English and French, in college, and went on to read Night Flightand Wind, Sand and Stars Sant Exupery s life was romantic and fascinating, and Sis ties the dreams of the little boy he was firmly to the adult he became and there is a certain amount of reflection of Sis own life Children will pore over the art in Beautiful and multilayered A phrase that normally makes me run screaming is for all ages but this might be true in this case I practically had The Little Princememorized, in both English and French, in college, an...Peter S s is incredible I could frame each page in this book and hang them up I love how the illustrations are similar to Saint Exup ry s but not mimicked It is still very much S s Gorgeous picture book biography of one of my favorite authors AmandaHaving purchased and read this book, I am so disappointed that I am returning it to the store Peter Sis is a gifted illustrator He is less gifted as a writer Must be he and his editor expect the pictures to carry the story, because there is no narrative arc and no emotion conveyed by the words None The pages are filled with didactic, disconnected sentences encircling small pictures that force the reader to keep turning the book in circles That might be interesting and novel done on one or Having purchased and read this book, I am so disappointed that I am returning it to the store Peter Sis is a gifted illustrator He is less gifted as a writer Must be he and his editor expect the pictures to carry the story, because there is no narrative arc and no emotion conveyed by the words None The pages are filled with didactic, disconnected sentences encircling small pictures that force the reader to keep turning the book in circles That might be interesting and novel done on one or two pages, but it gets downright tedious after a while And I couldn t figure out what to read first Reading left to right, top to bo...I m not going to lie I found this disappointing, especially having enjoyed other works by Peter Sis, and I feel like it s overrated because people s love forThe Little Prince and or other St Ex stories blinds them to the work s faults At its high points, this book s art, reminiscent of The Little Prince evokes the whimsy of St Ex s works, and the wonder of flight, and it soars...I hesitate over calling this book a kid s biography when I shelve it, as I m not entirely sure this book was meant for children at all Beautiful in design and look reminiscent of The Little Prince but difficult to navigate, lacking flow and continuity, distracting in how the text is displayed on the page and franklyboring.This is what s so frustrating Antoine s life was amazing the things he did were astonishing and innovative The art of the page reflected that, but the facts wer I hesitate over calling this book a kid s biography when I shelve it, as I m not entirely sure this book was meant for children at all Beautiful in design and look reminiscent of The Little Prince but difficult to navigate, lacking flow and continuity, distracting i...A fascinating look at the life of Antoine De Saint Exupery, notable author and pioneer pilot My only quibbles with the book I found the delicately scripted captions around smaller illustrations hard to read and I desperately wan...I really knew nothing about Saint Exupery except that he wrote The Little Prince, so this book was very enlightening to me However, I wish the text had been written all in one size of font The main text was simply written and in a size for children, but then there was a lot of smaller text, often wrapped around pictures I found it hard to read and hard to follow it chronologically Sis illustrations remind me of those of Peter Maxx, who I love, but they can be too busy I don t understand wh I really knew nothing about Saint Exupery except that he wrote The Little Prince, s...the illustrations are amazing and the little snippets of info within the illustrations are great too but Peter Sis focused too much on Antoine as an aviator I am aware that it may be the intent of Peter Sis but he could add a little bit about Antoine s motivations to continue flying after so many ...Books 167 2017 This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 20173,4 of 5 stars I can t imagine how Antoine de Saint Exupery before was an pilot I thought he is an writers in the beginning The Little Prince is one of my ultimate favorite book all the time That s why when i saw this books in Big Bad Wolf 2017 i pick it up without thinking any Since yeah it is about Antoine de Saint Exupery biography but in picture books format I love this books since it makes me understand mo Books 167 2017 This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 20173,4 of 5 stars I can t imagine how Antoine de Saint Exupery before was an pilot I thought he is an writers in the beginning The Little Prince is one of my ultimate favorite book all the time That s why when i saw this books in Big Bad Wolf 2017 i pick it up without think...I, personally, found this picture book very overwhelming There was a lot of text, and much of the information it presented didn t seem to propel the story forward The sheer volume of text splattered across the pages made it difficult to appreciate the illustrations The art is meticulously designed and the surreal quality is befitting of The Little Prince although the face of the landscape spread was a little too reminiscent of Silent Hill for my taste Overall, I felt that the design of I, personally, found this picture book very overwhelming There was a lot of text, and much of the information it presented didn t seem to propel the story forward The sheer volume of text splattered across the pages made it difficult to appreciate the illustrations The art is meticulously designed and the surreal quality is befitting of The Little Prince although the face of the landscape spread was a little too reminiscent of Silent Hi...

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22 June 2018

Peter Sís