i have to admit it represent i watch this over and over when i be a little girl . it not often that a story with such a clear moral message be this entertain . anyone out there who have kid and especially girl and should find this series and get it for them and they will love it . the shirley temple version can not hold a candle to this one and if you be wonder . the realism be strike and especially in scene which depict illness or poverty and and the tenderness in the relationship between the character ( or the harshness in some case ) be a feat not often achieve in family television drama . i would recommend this series to anyone who like harry potter and pollyanna and annie and heidi and anne of green gable and the secret garden and labyrinth and gilliam adventure of baron von munchausen or pretty much anything by hayao miyazaki . the protagonist of the little princess be a heroine in the tradition of the girl in all of these story imaginative and patient and courageous and self sacrificing . you will love her and and your daughter will too .