《小王子》是圣-埃克苏佩里创作的一部经典童话作品，自问世以来就深受读者喜爱，经久不衰，更曾多次被改编成话剧和电影，不断上演。《小王子》已被选入西方许多国家的教科书，成为青少年的必读书籍。主人公小王子是一个来自于外星球的孩子，他居住在一颗只比他大一丁点儿的星球上。他因为和自己心爱的玫瑰花争吵而负气出走，先后来到了几个不同的星球，遇到了国王、爱慕虚荣者、酒鬼、商人、点灯人和地理学家，然而各种见闻却使他忧伤。最后，小王子在蛇的帮助下回到了他的B612号星球上，至少，是心灵回到了他的B612号星球上。几十年来，《小王子》不仅赢得了儿童读者，也为成年人所喜爱。它所表现出的讽刺与幻想、真情与哲理，使之成为法国乃至世界上最为著名的一部童话小说。正如作者圣-埃克苏佩里在献辞中说：这本书是献给长成了大人的从前那个孩子。

(The Le Petit Prince is a classic fairy tale created by Saint Exupéry, and has been very popular with readers and enduring as of its birth. Furthermore, it has been adapted into frequently-performed dramas and movies. Included in textbooks of many western countries,the Le Petit Prince has been a must book for teenagers. The leading character Le Petit Prince is a child living on a planet a little bigger than his body. He left the planet in a rage for quarrel with his beloved rose. Afterwards, he came to different planets, and encountered a king, a cash, a drunkard, a merchant, a lamp lighter and a geographer. However, what he saw and heard made him sorrow. Finally, with the help of the snake, he, at least his soul, returned to the planet, B612. Over the tens of years, the story has been popular with children as well as adults. Satire, fantasy, true feelings and philosophy make it a most famous fairy tale of France and even the world, just as the author wrote in the dedication "this book is for the adults who once were children.")