Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances.Her strong character enables her to fight successfully against her new-found poverty and the scorn of her fellows.
Gwen Tourret Book order (chronological)






The children of the New Forest
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Orphaned when their Royalist father is killed during the Civil War, the four Beverley children are taken into hiding in a cottage in the New Forest and disguised as the grandchildren of a poor forester.
Five Famous Fairy Tales
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
The White Birds; The Fisherman and the Giant; The Glass Box; The Prince and his Servants; The Table, the Donkey and the Stick.
The Young King and other stories
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Classic / British English Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing, happy and sad, these stories are for all ages.
The book is abridged with col. illus. The classic tale of an orphaned boy who has known nothing but misery.
Hänsel und Gretel
- 20 pages
- 1 hour of reading