A Little Princess is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905.

It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from December 1887, and published in book form in 1888.

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924) was a British-born American novelist and playwright.

She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.