Delporte, Corinne. Little Prince Around the World, The. Non-fiction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Illus. Translated from the French by Robin Bright. CrackBoom! 10/2022. [28]pp. $14.95. 978-2-89802-353-8. LOW ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3.
Saint-Exupery’s Little Prince character (The Little Prince, 1943) is the tour guide in this story about famous landmarks around the world, translated from the French and originally published in Canada. He flies in his plane, taking photos of the landmarks for his friend the rose, but oddly enough the illustrations do not contain any photos. Instead, watercolors with ink outlines show the landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Egyptian Pyramids, Golden Gate Bridge, and the Great Wall of China. The text is factual with a paragraph about each site on the Little Prince’s tour, making this book a better fit for the non-fiction shelves instead of the picture book area of the library. Each spread has a small map of the country and contains a few facts shown in clouds above the landmark. The text is challenging, so this may find a limited audience. The final spread depicts a world map with the locations of the landmarks included in the book. Review based on an ARC.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University , iSchool