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...GROW, GIRLS! In dribs and drabs, we're seeing this category grow. Scholastic weighed in with The Royal Diaries and the Dear America series, both featuring spunky heroines in such titles as Isabel, Jewel of Castilla (the former) and Color Me Dark (the latter). The Ruby Princess Runs Away (Blackboard Entertainment) refreshingly showcases the possibility that not every girl is born with the act-like-a-princess gene...
RISING FUN If you've seen Pokemon, you've seen anime, stylized Japanese animation. But there's more to it than squealing monsters. My Neighbor Totoro (20th Century Fox), about two girls who befriend some forest creatures, and Princess Mononoke (Miramax Home Entertainment), a dark fable for older adolescents, show how imaginative this genre...
...bounces across her bed, punches buttons on her computer and picks up the phone to dial her mom in Lancaster, Ohio. "Hurry it up, Mama! I have the IP number," she says. In seconds, Ashton's smiling mom appears in real time on the computer screen. "Good morning, Princess," Tawny Kaleita-Sniderman says. Ashton chatters about Saturday's plans--bowling with Dad and the YMCA Indian Princesses, then a sleepover at a friend's house. "Mom, put Sputnik up, please," she squeals. Kaleita-Sniderman gently holds a bewildered-looking dog with pointy brown ears to the camera. Ashton reads...
Ashton says she's feeling "dandy." She and her mom look into each other's eyes as their banter veers from pets to overalls to mud walks. "O.K., Princess. I'll call you tonight," Kaleita-Sniderman says. But just as Ashton turns away, her mom calls, "Wait, wait! Kiss!" and presses her lips close to the camera. "Bye, Princess," she says, blowing the kiss across the airwaves to her daughter...
Even before the pardon scandal, the relationship between brother and sister as adults could be strained. It was as if Hughie had never grown out of his grandiose and childlike schemes while Hillary became a real-life Warrior Princess. As Hughie bounced from Peace Corps volunteer to public defender to a quixotic run for the Florida Senate in 1994--getting only 30% of the vote--he looked slightly hapless and more dependent on his sister's good graces. During the second term, Hugh spent ever more time on the third floor of the White House, accumulating so much stuff that...