This is the kind of book parents love for their kids, but I doubt many kids "get it". I certainly didn't until well into my teens. Lovely book of course.
Saint Exupéry's memoir is titled <i>Wind, Sand, and Stars</i>. It's quite good. (The post tells you some about the memoir without ever naming it.)
"Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away"<p>Is a famous quote of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.