A pilot has to make an emergency landing in the desert and meets the little prince, who has come to Earth from a tiny planet. He tells him about his travels, they become friends, and one day the little prince disappears again. The narrator starts his repaired airplane and asks the readers: "Write to me quickly when he is back..." The Little Prince, a cult book and global bestseller, can now also be read in the Insel-Bücherei, translated by Peter Sloterdijk, the "philosophizing writer" with a strong affinity for France. Nicolas Mahler's new illustrations are as enchanting as they are distinctive in their graphic reduction.