Mark
Osborne's cartoon feature "The Little Prince" is turning heads in much the same way Le
Petit Prince book, by Antione de Saint-Exupery did in 1943. The Little Prince cartoon leads the list at the New York
International Children's Film Festival. The modern world may not be as jaded as
WWII France. But perhaps the same need exists for the simple truth and beauty
in this story.
It's
a book about children, but it's for adults who would be as wise as children.
There are many lesson plans for grownups in the story. It's good to
see this charming tale translated from French and brought to the screen. Time
was when every literate kid had a copy of Le Petit Prince or The Little Prince
on her bookshelf (both if she was lucky). But the story was all but forgotten
in children's literature lesson plans.
Here
are free printable cartoon coloring pages from The Little Prince book
and movie. Characters are not
named but are referred to as a child would, by their characteristics--The
Mother, Mr. Prince, the Aviator, the Snake, the Conceited Man, the Drunkard,
the King, the Rose and of course, The Little Prince and his friend the Fox. Each of the
grownups peoples his own asteroid. Some represent different adult foibles or
character flaws. Others Le Petit Prince respects, like the Lamplighter who is
simple. It's an allegorical parable and should be required reading in high
school literature lesson plans
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Kids has some more free printable coloring pages from Le Petie Prince illustrations. This website
has a few more free
printable coloring pages from The Little Prince. Coloriages, a French site has free printable Le Petit Prince coloring pages from the book. The movie is a 3D
stop-motion animated film does some nice things with animation. To show the
passage of time, it uses modern cartoon styles for the present and de
Saint-Exupery illustrations from Le Petit Prince in flashbacks. This technique
could be emphasized in films in literature lesson plans. Here are lesson plans
from Spark Notes on The Little Prince.
