The story follows a pilot who strands his plane in the Sahara Desert and meets a young prince who has fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. As the prince recounts his travels to different planets and his encounters with their lonely inhabitants, the book explores profound themes of love, friendship, and the loss of childhood innocence. It is a poetic tale that reminds readers that “the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart”.