Ms. Middleton's Choice: "The Little Prince," by Antoine De Saint-Exupery....
At first glance, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 classic The Little Prince—with its winsome illustrations of a boy prince and his tiny planet—appears to be a children's fairy tale. It doesn't take long, however, to discover that it speaks to readers of all ages. The New York Times called the book: "A lovely story…which covers a poetic, yearning philosophy—not the sort of fable that can be tacked down neatly at its four corners but rather reflections on what are real matters of consequence."
