Le Petit Prince Turns 80: A Peek Inside the Library's Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Collections
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The Little Prince turns 80 this year, and the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry would have turned 123 years old yesterday. We explore what makes this hand-drawn world so compelling even now, and how the Little Prince has made his home in the Library
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The book
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Private collection of over 5000 books of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery in near 400 different languages
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Image of Title page and frontispiece of 'Le Petit Prince', by Antoine by Saint-Exupery, Antoine de (1900-44)
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Le Petit Prince Turns 80: A Peek Inside the Library's Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Collections
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Feature - The Little Prince turns 80! - Media Library – France in the United States
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The Little Prince Commemorative 80th Anniversary Edition x Lello (English)
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The Little Prince Commemorative 80th Anniversary Edition x Lello (English)
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Le Petit Prince Turns 80: A Peek Inside the Library's Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Collections