WhenSaraCrewearrivesatMissMinchin’sboardingschool,thewell-to-dostudenthaseverymaterialcomfortthatherdotingfathercanbuyaswellastheheadmistress’sfawningapproval.ButwhenSarafallsuponhardtimesandislefttothemercyofthesuddenlyvindictiveheadmistress,shemustrelyonheroptimisticoutlook,livelyimagination,andinnategoodnesstoseeherthroughareversaloffortunes.English-bornnovelistandplaywrightFrancesHodgsonBurnett(1849-1924)wrotedozensofwarmheartedbooksandisbestknownforherthreechildren’sclassics:ALittlePrincess,TheSecretGarden,andLittleLordFauntleroy.TheNationalEducationAssociationselectedALittlePrincessasoneofitsTeachers’Top100BooksforChildren,andasurveybySchoolLibraryJournalrankeditasnumber56amongitsTop100Children’sNovels.Frequentlyadaptedforstageandscreen,itremainsafavoritewithdreamersofallages.
