A Little Princess

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Summary: Leads you into another world!
Review: A Little Princess is the enchanting story of little Sara Crewe. She is her father, Captain Crewe's, only child. Captain Crewe loves Sara very much and gives her whatever she wants. But Sara is sent to horrible Miss Minchin's boarding school at a young age and left there. Her father goes on important work, but she still has all the luxuries she wants and gets everything she needs. But on her birthday, she recieves the sad news of her father's death. Sara is in shock, but Miss Minchin is in more shock; there is no one to pay Sara's bills! Miss Minchin sends her to live in the attic and work as a maid. Sara faces great hardship, but she keeps her presence of mind and bears it. Sara shows great courage and deals well with her father's death and post happenings. Things come right at last and Sara proves to the world that she is her father's little princess.

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Summary: A Little Princess
Review: There was a little girl that lives with her father in India.Her name was Sara Crewe and her father was a capitan. When Sara's dad goes to the diamond mines, she is left at a girls school.Many things happened, some that were great and some not so great.Well when bad news comes that Sara's dad is dead she becomes a maid.Then when the truth is revealed, Sara is free and happy once again.
I didn't really understand the story quite, but I got through the book.I liked the book because it was very discriptive.You could also imagine pictures in your head while reading the book.This book is also very emotional and very expressive.This book will also really touch you and you'll feel like you are part of the story.
My favorite part was when Sara becomes a maid. Although it was very depressing, she was the same princess she was before. One windy day she went to the market to buy food. Well she was very hungry too so on her way she found 4 coins. Across from her she saw a bakery. She went in and saw her favorite bread. She only hadenough for 4 but the women gave her 6. when she went outside she saw another person who was more hungrier than her.So Sara gave her food to the poor person.

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Summary: Simply Enchanting!!!!
Review: I'm a huge fan of Shirley Temple and her version of this classic flick, but she's just cute. This version with Liesel Matthews is a work of art. The imagery she creates in her stories along with the music and cultural refrences are simply enchanting. I feel every child, boy or girl, should see this movie, if not own it.

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Summary: A Little Princess Review by Chelsea*
Review: I liked most of A Little Princess. I didn't like the first six chapters, I think they sounded to much like fairy tales. Where little Sara gets everything she wants. I thought it started to get better at The Diamond Mines, where she wasn't getting everything she wanted and she was still polite even though bad things were happening. I like books where some bad things happen to the characters, but it gets better.

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Summary: Tough times do not last, tough people do
Review: Tough time never last, tough people do is the underlying message, which the author tries to portray through this novel. This is a very beautiful attempt to mesh all the various values, various morals in a story so as to appeal intuitively to the children. Another main idea in this book is that faith can move mountains and further faith in yourself can change bad time to good and can actually turn the unpleasant things around you into pleasant ones.

The author has choosen Sara Crew as the central character moving her from good days to bad days and then back to good days. In these three phases of the novel the author has outlined for children, what it takes to be good during such times.

In the good days author tells children not to be an egotist; never look down upon others be it your classmate or even a scullery-maid; never disrespect your teachers, no matter how much you dislike them. Even if you have everything in the world, which others can only wish, still be kind and helpful to others. Sharing brings joys more than any amount of consolidated wealth ever can.
Even if you are intelligent don't go around boasting, God has given you extra intelligence to share it with the less privileged ones. Above all children have one wonderful gift, which we adults loose somewhere during our growing years and that is IMAGINATION. The author subtly describes the power of imagination.

In just one stroke of luck (or say with pen) the author tries to show how one second is more than enough for fortunes to be changed. Within a moment our little princess is reduced to a pauper and has nothing but a doll left with her. In this phase the most remarkable thing that turns out is that none of your wealth remains with you forever, what indeed remains is your kindness, your kind deeds and yes your imagination. In the character of Ms Minchin, the head of Sara's school, author tries to account what becomes of those who are not kind, not human and for whom money is everything. Many times we hear toddlers having a dream of being a princess or a prince. The author, nicely and in a very graceful manner, explains that being a princess has got nothing to do with wealth. It is indeed how you behave when you don't have wealth or rather when you loose your wealth and when you have nothing but the hardships to call your own.

It is indeed true that we learn more in our bad times and so while our character passes through this phase, author has thrown so many messages around that one may like to read this part again and again. Never, even once, does Sara criticize or crib about loosing her good days. Author has also shown that love can get you friends both humans and animals, even in an attic. Love and concern can even make a rodent your friend.

Further, the author has shown how the knowledge from books, especially history can inspire you in your troubled time. This is one rare case where it is manifested that book and knowledge from those books has more to it than just passing exams.

Ultimately at last the good time returns. But even here author finds an opportunity to compare two characters Sara and an Indian Gentleman. The latter had run away when troubles knocked on his door and did not have the courage as demonstrated by our little princess and, once again, in subtle manner author conveys to children that what happens if you don't face your problems. Finally author also exhibits how you must not forget, what all was learned during the sad times. Author impresses upon children that time never remains the same.

This is an excellent classic and must be gifted by every parent to his/her child. To the parents one could say that if you want your child to be a prince/princess, amassing wealth is certainly not the way. Then what it is, well read this book and find it out for yourself.

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Summary: A Little Princess
Review: A girl named Sara Crewe had a father that was going off to war. He left Sara at Miss Minchin's school for girls. Everyone there treated her like a little princess. She had hr own bedroom, she had beautiful dresses, and a maid that waits on her. One day she hears that her father has supposably died in the war. Miss Minchin takes everything that Sara owns, and locks her in the attic. Sara is no longer a little princess, but a little poor girl.
I liked the book, because it was sad and very emotional,yet it was fun and interesting. I like how Sara is very imaginative, and that she has a very strong will. The book was very sad, and I like the plot. I like books that have many different emotions, and A Little Princess had them all.
My favorite part of the book was when Sara found her dad, and he didn't remember her. Even though it was really sad I liked it the best. Her father had a cuncusion, and forgot practically everything, plus his daughter. That part made me cry, which I usually never do. Ovrall I liked the book A Little Princess, and I recomend it to all the readers out there.

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Summary: A Little Princess
Review: This girl named Sara Crewe had a father that was going off to war. He left Sara at Miss Minchin's school for girls. Every one there treated her like a little princess. Sara had beautiful dresses, her own bedroom, and a maid that waits on her.

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Summary: A Little Princess
Review: A girl named Sara Crewe had a father that was going off to war. He left Sara at Miss Minchin's school for girls. Every one treated her like a little princess. Sara had beautiful dresses, her own bedroom, and a maid that waits on her.

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Summary: an under-appreciated jewel of a film
Review: After watching this again recently w/ a friend, its status as a sheer masterpiece of cinema has been cemented in my mind. All of the elements are flawless - it has great tech stuff like music, production design, & editing as well as an excellent script, a heart-warming/breaking story and amazing performances (Liesel Matthews makes the best debut for a pre-teen actress this side of Natale Portman in 'Leon').

I know many people have pointed this out, but the imagery in this film is incredibly, incredibly gorgeous. Every scene is glorious to look at, esp. Sarah's b-day party and the 'breakfast' surprise, as well as all the 'India' sequences... Cuaron has a great eye and I'm dying to see his next film, Y Tu Mama Tambien, as well as his Great Expectations.

Even if you don't have kids or aren't much into these types of films, I would still recommend taking a look @ this one.

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Summary: Get this one for your little girl
Review: Sure, it's great that all the kids are reading Harry Potter, but there are other books out there just as good. A Little Princess is one, although girls will by far like it better than boys. It's a riches-to-rags-to riches story, about a little girl who loses everything and ends up enduring abuse you don't often see outside of a Charles Dickens novel. Yet she bears it all with a stiff upper lip. The movie, with Shirley Temple, is a good one, too, but the plot is a little different than the novel. Buy it for your little girl, or better yet, read it to her when she's at the age for story-telling.