Antoine de Saint-Exupery's tender and magical classic fable, adapted for picture book readers for the very first time! Please - draw me a sheep. I blinked. The voice belonged to a charming little prince.The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot stranded in the desert. Meet the Little Prince who tends his beautiful rose on a planet of his own.Follow him as he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love. Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting new artwork from the critically acclaimed illustrator of The Velveteen Rabbit and Star in the Jar.
國內外各大媒體、書店通路選書經典回歸在移動不自由的時代重新探索動人的飛行之美―――艾倫‧狄波頓、松浦彌太郎（日文版）盛情推薦「媲美聖修伯里的空中詩人……」「《夜間飛行》之後最精采的飛行之作」《紐約時報》、《經濟學人》、《華爾街日報》、《衛報》、《GQ》雜誌、「彭博社」……重磅推薦年度好書▌飛行文學新標竿，現役747飛行員第一手記述․航點和空域的名稱宛如巧妙的語言學，天空中的地理疆域是如何劃分和命名的？․白晝或夜航、長程或短程、大客機或小飛機、空中巴士或747，機師喜歡開什麼樣的飛機？․時差感是旅人的簡單練習題，地差感卻永遠存在於我們的人生，飛行如何提升性靈的優雅思索？․風和雨和雲的名字、空氣的飄移、水的流動，飛行展現了哪些令人驚奇的科學之美？▌尋路、過渡、回歸，飛向萬里天際的駕駛艙紀事「飛行業堪稱現代世界中最引人入勝的一面，可惜多數人無法真正懂得欣賞。馬克・凡霍納克以飛行為主題，寫了一部理想的著作。他透過商業機師的親身經驗，訴說飛行的感受。馬克是技術專家，開過波音747和空中巴士橫跨大陸；他也是深刻敏感的空中詩人，熟悉藝術與文學佳作，並能運用優美的散文筆觸，爬梳工作中引人共鳴的意涵。大力推薦這本書。」――艾倫‧狄波頓（Alain de Botton）回想一下初次飛行的經驗。你第一次離開地球，快速穿越弧形的地表高空。邊緣綴著碎冰的橢圓窗，以最單純適切的方式，帶你俯視嶄新的世界。你朝著一座城市下降，宛如黎明般輕鬆地從天而降。在本書中，滿懷想像的航空公司機師馬克・凡霍納克透過白晝與黑夜的飛行、新繪製的地圖、詩歌一般的物理學、風的名稱和雲的特性，訴說對飛行無可遏抑的熱愛。凡霍納克以科學家之眼、詩人之心，記述對飛行中自然現象的洞察、穿梭天際不同時間空間的體悟、航空業這個引人好奇產業的人事物，觀察入微、文字優美，小事入文，時而顯現新角度、新發現和新想像。書中分享了機師在駕駛艙工作的情景，享受自由飛行、人在空中的孤獨感和飛機逐漸爬升的感覺。作者細述在全世界不同地理位置快速移動的地點錯置感，每個城市獨有的氣候、步調、天氣、歷史文化、味道，還有天空國度的空域、航點等命名的由來與軼事。機型大小、城市特性、目的地的社會經濟情況等，都是重新劃分天空地圖的方式。飛行是旅行經驗中單純又奇妙的核心，然而無論是在想像中或實際出走的旅人，如今已把這奇妙的經驗視為理所當然。作者以令人耳目一新的觀察，道
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