Frank Cucciarre, president of Blink Concept & Design, has graciously answered our questions about the process of creating a book cover.  Please take a look at his very informative answers below.
Do you create a book cover after you read it, or don’t read it?
I do not read the books. The book covers I’ve done generally [...]

In preparation for writing a review of The Little Prince Opera, let’s practice writing a recommendation for a movie.  In your comment, please tell us the name of the movie, evaluate the movie on a couple of criteria, and tell whether or not you recommend the movie.  Here is my example.
I recommend the movie Chocolat [...]

Thank you for your posts and comments on our IES Book and Literature Circle Blog! This is a great way to continue discussing the book throughout the week and for the various literature circle groups to interact with one another! This past week, the Little Prince left his planet and began his journey [...]

Mami and Momo commented on the difference between the way children and adults perceive appearances.
Grown-ups don’t believe the man who looks strange. They tend to mind appearances. In this story, Turkish astronomer, who had made a formal demonstration of his discovery at the Congress, but no one had believed him because of his [...]

Here is what Keiko, Kento, Takayuki, Satomi, and Shiho had to say about The Little Prince after reading pages 1-27 of the book.
The narrator was disappointed by the ideas from adults. He was influenced by it and unconsciously he was becoming like an adult. But he met Little Prince and he was influenced [...]

When the Little Prince was in the planet, he met the flower. At that time, she was safe because she had thorns even if the tiger appeared.
In fact, she loved him so she didn’t want him to realize her real feeling and she pretended that she didn’t love him. So the Little Prince [...]

Here is what Kaori and Azusa had to say about the meaning of numbers to children and adults after reading pages 1-27 of The Little Prince.
Grown ups like numbers. The narrator said that the Little Prince came from Asteroid B-612, so he is also adult.
When Azusa was young, she didn’t pay attention to the [...]

Here is what Shogo and Mai had to say about the differences between children and adults after reading pages 1-27 of The Little Prince.
The narrator used to have child thinking way, but as he adjust his level to the grown-ups, he is losing the mind of child.
The Little Prince asked him to draw a sheep [...]

Here is what Yuto, Yumi, Marina, Saori, and Hiroshi had to say about the flower after reading pages 1-27 of The Little Prince.
Thorn describes the inner weakness of flower. She pretended to be OK or strong. We thought it is human like. She is sad because she can protect with her thorns [...]

Here is what Ayumi, Nanako, Yuki, and Koji had to say about baobabs after reading pages 1-27 of The Little Prince.
We have each opinion about baobab. “The good plants come from good seeds, and the bad plants from bad seeds. But the seeds are invisible” (14).
Ayumi thought that small baobab tree is child’s mental [...]