The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The book with the highest number of copies printed worldwide is the *Bible*, and the second most printed book is the one we’ll be discussing today, *The Little Prince*.
It reflects everyone's journey of growth, and only after reading this book will you truly understand love and responsibility. All the events in the story take place over just 9 days, but the author spent more than 6 years thinking about it, and then wrote it in just 3 months.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a legendary French poet, novelist, and pilot.
He fought in World War II, and while flying a mission, he disappeared into the sky and never returned.
In honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French government printed his and *The Little Prince*'s images on their currency, and the International Astronomical Union named two asteroids after him and the Little Prince’s planet, B612.
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