Experience boarding school in this wonderfully retold classic from Frances Hodgson Burnett. Sara Crewe has moved from India to a boarding school in England. The envy of the other girls because of her expensive clothes, she is nonetheless kind and caring to everyone around her. One fateful day, Miss Minchin learns that Captain Crewe has died, penniless. As she can no longer be provided for, Sara is forced to work as a maid in the school. That is until a mysterious gentleman turns up from India...Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with delightful illustrations, these favourite classic stories will capture the heart and imagination of young readers. By retelling the story in a shorter, simpler form, children will find these books highly engaging, and the colour illustrations help with both comprehension and interest level. The Classic Collection series Beautifully presented with attractive covers and ribbon bookmarks, these children's classics can be enjoyed by even the most reluctant of readers. Each page of writing is accompanied by a charming illustration on the facing page to capture your heart and imagination. By condensing such classics into 48 pages as these, children are encouraged to one day read these stories in their original form.
This book is part of a book series called Classics Collection .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by QED Publishing .
After years of teaching geography in secondary schools, JOHN TOWNSEND realised that children were crying out for interesting, captivating and engaging reads - so he decided to write them! He has now written over 100 books and also works as a guest speaker - often visiting schools, writers' groups and libraries. He lives in Suckley, Worcester. DAVID SHEPHARD has worked for numerous different publishers, magazines, newspapers, and design agencies. More recently, he has found himself more and more drawn to working on imagery for young children and has a clean and traditional style. He lives in Sussex with his wife, son and cat. Anne Rooney has written many fiction and non-fiction books for children.
This book contains the following story:
A Little Princess
Hodgson Burnett's tale of a wealthy little girl at boarding school who falls out of favour when Daddy's wealth disappears is a lesson in coping with changing fortunes. Sara Crewe is sent to a girl's boarding school whilst her father carries on his business in India. Pretty and rich Sara is the favourite of all, but still manages to be kind and thoughtful. When news comes that her father is dead and the money gone the boarding mistress does not feel she can throw Sara out so she makes her a housemaid, shifting her to the attic with the existing maid. Sara's imagination keeps both her fellow maid and herself sane. In the rooftops they befriend the Indian servant of the man who lives next door. It is through this friendship that Sara is discovered by the friend of her father and rescued from the clutches of the evil boarding mistress. And the servant girl is saved too (although Burnett still keeps her in her place as Sara's servant...).
