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A Little Princess (Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics) Hardcover – October 1, 2004

by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author), Scott McKowen (Illustrator)

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The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.

Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.

As the popularity of the recent Lemony Snicket books proves, children never get tired of reading about orphans and their misfortunes. So Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1905 story about a pampered little rich girl who suddenly finds herself poor and fatherless should continue to entice generations of fans.

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6 - 11 years, from customers
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208 pages
Language

English
Grade level

5 - 6
Lexile measure

940L
Dimensions

8.25 x 1 x 6.5 inches
Publisher

Union Square & Co.
Publication date

October 1, 2004
ISBN-10

9781402714542
ISBN-13

978-1402714542
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1402714548
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Union Square & Co.; Unabridged edition (October 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781402714542
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1402714542
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 11 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 940L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1 x 6.5 inches

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an American-English novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 immigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870 her mother died, and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C., Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.

Burnett enjoyed socializing and lived a lavish lifestyle. Beginning in the 1880s, she began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her oldest son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townsend in 1900, and divorced Townsend in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, Long Island, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.

In 1936 a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honour in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896) (scan by Phrood) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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becky connolly

a sweet story

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024

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This is a heartwarming and at times heart wrenching and very sweet children’s story. It helps one believe in the magic.

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A Treasure

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2023

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I thought the Shirley Temple movie ok and I was curious to read the book upon which it was based. The written story conveyed the emotions and imagery so much better and stronger to me than the film in a way that I am sure even children will understand. I am glad that I bought the book because I am sure that I will be re-reading it from time to time. Certainly to myself and possibly in installments to some littles that I am very fond of.

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023

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An excellent edition of A Little Princess by SeaWolf Press, which I recommend highly. The paperback is very well printed on good cream-colored paper, and durably bound – easy to hold and read. I have ordered several of their books now as gifts for the step-grandchildren, ages 3 to 10, and I love that SeaWolf reprints the original text just as it was, along with original illustrations.

All very old fashioned, of course – but I strongly believe that children ought to understand that the world did not spring into being on the day they were born! As and when they are able to read the text, they will get a good mental workout – the brain, like the body, improves with exercise. And these old books are free of the vulgarity and propaganda – of the right AND the left – that pass for “literature” today.

I never see the families except for a few hours once a year when everybody travels to our house for Christmas dinner and gift-giving. There is no chance of having a chat with the excited kids, and they of course never think to give me any feedback on the previous books I’ve given – nor do their parents.

But I keep sending these books and more modern ones, good stories that inform and delight – trusting that if and when the kids read them, they will get a benefit, though it may be just a little thought in the back of the mind, a lamplight on the road of life that will be helpful sometime or other. Who knows – but it’s the best this retired teacher can do for them.

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Texasgal

Collectible books

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024

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Great addition to finish off the collection of classic books with pretty covers. Easy to read and looks pretty on the shelf.

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023

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I love the story, and the book arrived in great condition. My childhood copy fell apart and I’m so happy to have found a replacement.

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023

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I first read this as a 10(ish) year old girl. I loved this as a child and I still love it at 55! It's a story that has never left me and I thoroughly enjoy reading it! I can't wait to introduce my 9 and 11 year old granddaughters to it.

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Classic

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2023

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Love these type of covers- came in perfect condition - love my classics

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P. B. Sharp

Enchanting for all ages

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2014

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The death of Shirley Temple inspired me to download the movie“The Little Princess” from Amazon Instant movies. And that inspired me to order this unabridged version (but the original edition was called “Sara Crewe or what happened at Miss Minchin's.”) I had not read Princess for three quarters of a century (I am now well over 80) but I never forgot the charming book which I read many times as a child and thoroughly identified with the plucky little Sara, absorbing the atmosphere of foggy London and Sara's dismal attic, being happy with her when things were going well, shedding a tear or two when things were not. One of the scenes that haunted me most as a child was when Sara, cold and hungry, throws Emily, her beloved doll, on the floor and cries “You are nothing but a doll!” She is almost at the end of her tether, but not quite. Also, her giving a beggar child five of six rolls a kindly baker had given the half-starved Sara made a huge impression on me as a little girl. Children immerse themselves in books more thoroughly than an adult, they really live inside the plot, they can and do smell the roses. When Sara was hungry, so was I.

Princess is a whacking good story which allows the tale to rise above being a lesson in morals. Kids don't want to be preached to but given a good story and interesting characters they'll get the point subtly. But that is also true with adults.

Some reviewers have criticized the book because at the end of the story Becky went home with Sara as her maid. Author Burnett, however, is being true to 1899 London. The Cockney Becky could never be the equal of Sara Crewe the heiress. It's the way things were and to some extent the way things still are. Other reviewers have complained that Sara is too perfect. She is, however, too spunky to be insipid and she is certainly not goody-goody like Pollyanna. As a child reader I didn't regard her as too perfect nor do I now.

You will laugh at an old lady reading a children's book she hasn't read in 75 years But now I read as a literary critic and Princess is not wanting in the quality of its writing and the deft originality of the plot. Ms. Burnett can write with beautifully apt descriptions and a taut, quickly moving plot. She in no way dumbs down her prose when writing for children. She puts you into foggy London right away, and introduces Sara and her father to Miss Minchin's Seminary “where the very armchairs seemed to have hard bones in them” and Miss Minchin herself had “large cold fishy eyes and a large cold fishy smile.”

If you have any little girl in your family who has not read “The Little Princess” do pop the book into her Christmas stocking. She'll love it, trust me! And so will you!

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Perfeitinho demais

Reviewed in Brazil on January 17, 2023

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A história é extremamente fofa. E a edição é uma graça completa! Estou até tentada a comprar os outros da coleção.

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Mildred Eymar

I expexted more ilustrations

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Nice edition. but I expected more illustrations. The editions of Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables from this same collection have many more illustrations between their pages. I hoped that The Secret Garden and this were on the same level. I get a little disappointed. But if you liked manga style. This is for you.

HCHvoice

It's a classic for a reason

Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2021

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This story centres around a child who has everything and you'd expect her to be spoiled, but she isn't. Then when her situation changes, her kindness and imagination really shine. The way she responds to hardship is a great example for both young and old readers. Very enjoyable. Got the Ambry Classic version, which was fine.

poppy

A TRIP DOWN MEMEORY LANE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2023

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I bought a copy of this book years ago for my young daughter who loved it, and thought I would read it too. A nice little story for girls aged 7-8 years

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ZU HERZEN GEHENDE GESCHICHTE

Reviewed in Germany on May 21, 2020

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Eine sehr nette Geschichte um Kinder in verschiedenen Gesellschaftsschichten. Die Autorin Frances Hodgson Burnett hatte ein seltenes Gespür sich in Kinderseelen hineinzuversetzen. Nicht anders sind ihre Welterfolge mit den von ihr geschriebenen Büchern "Der kleine Lord" oder "Der geheime Garten" zu erklären, die auch verfilmt wurden. Die aufgeführten Bücher sind für englischsprachige Leseanfänger geeignet.

Sara Crewe ist die Tochter eines reichen englischen Kolonialoffiziers in Indien. Sie besitzt alles, was man einem Mädchen in ihrem Alter wünschen kann. Sara hat einen wachen Verstand und eine große Fantasie. Als sie zehn Jahre alt ist, wird sie von ihrem Vater zur Erziehung in ein Internat nach England geschickt. Die Trennung von dem geliebten Vater ist schmerzlich, doch Sara erträgt sie. Sie genießt im Internat eine Vorzugsstellung und ist Musterschülerin und Klassenbeste. Sie wird von allen Mitschülerinnen auf Grund ihrer selbstbewußten und eigenwilligen Art sowie ihrer Ansprüche bald Prinzessin genannt.

Das alles ändert sich schlagartig, als die Nachricht vom Tod des Vaters die Schule erreicht. Von heute auf morgen verliert Sara alle Vorrechte. Sie wird vom Unterricht ausgeschlossen, muss alte, abgelegte Kleider tragen und in einer schäbigen Dachkammer wohnen. Vor allem aber ist sie den Schikanen der Schulleiterin ausgeliefert. In dieser aussichtslosen Lage gelingt es Sara dank ihrer inneren Haltung, ihrer Fantasie und mit Hilfe einiger lieber Freunde gegen die Verzweiflung anzukämpfen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) wurde in Manchester geboren und wanderte nach dem Tod des Vaters mit ihrer Familie 1865 in die USA aus. Nach ersten Kurzgeschichten, die in Zeitschriften veröffentlicht wurden, schrieb sie im Lauf ihres Lebens über 40 Kinder- und Jugendromane.

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