A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett > Reviews

Advantages: Inspiring, sweet, full of positive messages - a great comfort read
Disadvantages: A tad dated - but you can hardly hold that against a classic

...of the sweetest, loveliest books a girl could read in childhood. It's been a long time but reading it again all these years down the line (aged 21), it still holds such charm, wonder and profound messages about class, poverty and happiness that I know it'll be returning to my shelf to read again and pass on to my own children. It tells the story of Sara Crewe, a rich little girl brought up in India by her beloved father, who moves to England to ... Read review

Advantages: An Extreamly good read.
Disadvantages: Tell me

A Little Princess is an outstanding read , I'm 11 and I have read it loads of times once you pick it up you can not put it down. It costs about £4.50 and is one of the puffin classics . The book is about a young girl whos father is a sailor.He has to go on a journey so he sends Sara to a boarding school.In the first few years at school Sara has every thing she wants when she wants it. When her father sends her a letter saying he and his partner have ... Read review

Advantages: A wonderfulread for girls of all ages
Disadvantages: Strange internal time-scheme

...I have read this book. A charming story for young girls and a delicious, nostalgic 'comfort read' for much older girls, this is a classic which seems unlikely to fade. One thing about this book intrigues me - some of the characters do not seem to age. At the beginning of the story, Sara is seven years old and by the end she is eleven or twelve. We are introduced to Lottie (aged four) and Becky (aged fourteen) quite early in the story. By the ... Read review

Advantages: The heart-warming Storyline
Disadvantages: Well, if you dont like brilliant books, this ISNT for you

...novel is about Sarah Crewe, a young girl who spent her life with her father, who loved her dearly. They both lived in Africa, but her father had to work so she needed to go to a boarding school in london. She made lots of friends who were fascinated by her stories but she was interested in the servant girl. A few other girls, however, did not appreciate her amazing stories about Africa. Soon she gets a letter from her father explaining he is involved ... Read review

Advantages: Good for all ages, Inspiring Message
Disadvantages: None, I love this book.

...faveourite books when I was a little girl and I have just re-read it at the age of 22 and I love it just as a much now as I did then. Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl from India who is sent to an exclusive boarding school in London where she is treated as the show pupil. She is given fine clothes and an ornate bedroom with a real tiger skin rug. She even has a maid to herself. All this attention would make most little girls unbearable but ... Read review

Advantages: Beautifully told, magical and realistic.
Disadvantages: None that I found.

A Little Princess is one of my all - time favourites. It is beautifully told and it is amazing how the main character, Sara Crewe, shows that every little girl is a princess on the inside, no matter how pretty or clever she is. She proves this when she treats the servant - girl as though she were any other girl, which she really was. Sara remains a princess even when something terrible happens that causes her to go from riches to rags. Luckily all ... Read review

Advantages: Proves what One person can do for others.
Disadvantages: Slightly dated for today's modern world.

...with stories & cheers up a fellow pupil who is missing their parent, despite her own feelings. Even on her own birthday she appears to not be missing her Father, at least not that you can tell. Despite the sad news later that she appears parentless & poor it does not seem to phase her, she gets cold, hungry & I suspect very lonely at times but you would not think so from the way the book is written, that this unduly worries her. I find myself often ... Read review

Advantages: great for the girls
Disadvantages: boys might not like it

Every girl is a princess. That's the principle of the entire book. I bsolutely loved it at the age of 10 and now, at the age of 19, I've read this sweet story about 16 times already. I don't want to tell you what happens. I won't tell you anything that happens just because you should read it and let the magic work for you. It is irresistable and you will not be able to put the book down. Have a go at it if you are a guy. But if you are female, this ... Read review

Advantages: A lovely story a great read
Disadvantages: None

It is a lovely book about a little girl who is kind and loves. The little girl is Sara Crewe and lives in India with her father who is in the army and one day he has to go to war and Sara has to go to a Miss Minchkins boarding school for priveleged girls in England and she likes to believe she is a princess and tells the other girls at the boarding school she goes to that they are too. Sara's dad is presumed dead in the war and Sara has to become ... Read review