A Little Princess

A Little Princess by Burnett, Frances Hodgson. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780060278915.

In this first-ever picture book adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnetts A Little Princess, Sara Crewe and nineteenth-century London come brilliantly alive under the expert hand of award-winning author and illustrator Barbara McClintock. When kindhearted Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchins boarding school, she seems just like a teal little princess. Then a sudden misfortune turns her life upside down, and Sara is banished to the schools dreary attic and must work for her living. It takes all of Saras imagination and a little bit of magic to turn her misfortune around and prove she is, at heart, a little princess. Frances Hodgson Burnetts story of how Sara Crewe survives hardship and finds happiness again was originally published in 1905 and has won the hearts of children the world over. Now Barbara McClintock has captured the very essence of this unforgettable story in her lovingly detailed adaptation,