O Pequeno Príncipe

Has everyone read The Little Prince? Not me. Wasn't part of my school curriculum and otherwise never got around to it. But then I got this cool book for Christmas. It's not the full story, it's a graphic novel version of it and illustrated by one of my favorite illustrators, the Frenchman Joann Sfar. If you're unfamiliar with M. Sfar's work, check out Vampire Loves and the very cool children's books: Little Vampire Goes To School, and Little Vampire Does Kung Fu. But anyway, I found The Little Prince to be interesting and somewhat strange little story. Also kinda sweet. When my daughter saw me looking at it, she promptly climbed into my lap and demanded that I read it to her. Her brother came by and joined us. I read the whole thing aloud to them in two sittings. They were fascinated. This one is a keeper. Supposedly M. Sfar is most well-known to American audiences from his book, The Rabbi's Cat, though I hadn't heard of it.