A Classic to Read in a Lifetime---The Little Prince

Author: Saint-Exupéry
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Publish Date: 2005-03-02
Features: Children are all very fond of listening to and reading stories, especially fairy tales and fables suitable for them. These works, with their rich and varied content and vivid, intricate plots, showcase virtues such as kindness, condemning evil, pursuing light, and critiquing ugliness. The moral lessons embedded in these stories will sow seeds of love in the innocent hearts of children, helping them establish simple yet correct standards of right and wrong. This is an effective way to teach through entertainment and a key factor in shaping their lives. To satisfy the thirst for knowledge of young readers, we have selected 30 fairy tales and fables from the treasure trove of world children's literature, suitable for primary school students, and compiled them into the "Essential Classics" series. We have titled this series "Essential Classics" not to exaggerate or to seek attention, but because these books are renowned worldwide and timeless classics that truly deserve to be read by children. To make these beautiful books more accessible for lower-grade primary school students to read independently, we have added Pinyin annotations throughout the text and included numerous colorful illustrations. We hope that young readers will love this "Essential Classics" series, and that our good wishes will inspire them to develop a love for reading and to read well.