This colorful card set contains 10 Princess Zara cards and 10 envelopes. Launch date: Summer 2007.

This bright pink medium nylon backpack features two front pockets, two side pockets, wheels, a water bottle and an umbrella. “The Princess Zara backpack is a very cheerful-looking, durable backpack that any young girl will be proud to own. It is one of a few backpack styles available in the specialty toy market that comes with an umbrella,” Obi Nwokolo of Princess Zara told TDmonthly. Launch date: July/August 2007.

“Making of a Princess” brings a vibrant history and comes with the following: a 40-minute animated DVD of Princess Zara and her ancestors, featuring three inspiring stories spanning three generations connected by a family heirloom; a jewelry box with a jewelry kit; and an E-pal card invitation to Princess Zara’s online world where girls can sign in with their secret code and write and receive letters from the Princess. Other dolls in the series include “Hip-pop Diva,” “Exotic Jewels of Africa,” “Dressmakers of Zaboomga” and “Wardrobe of Gold.” Launch date: February 2007.
— “I think people appreciate having multicultural dolls,” commented Mary Sisson, owner of Kazoodles in Vancouver, Wash., in late spring 2007.