This French author/illustrator wrote only one book for children, published in 1943, which has become a classic, translated into more than 50 languages. He worked in a factory, and as a mechanic, and as a pilot delivering mail from France to Africa. His book reaches children and adults on different levels. After the book came out, he served in World War II as a pilot, and was reported as "Missing in Action." Debris from the wreckage was found off the coast of Marseille in 2000, but his body was never found. This was Antoine de St. Exupery and his book is The Little Prince.
