To celebrate decades of girls, dolls and stories, American Girl has published a book that goes behind the scenes of its making and tells the tale of the beloved company’s history. ByRachel Elspeth ...

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The first time I discovered the word journalist was in an American Girl book. I was in elementary school when I fell in love with Kit Kittredge, a doll with my same short blond hair and love of ...

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American Girl began 40 years ago in Madison and then Middleton with dolls and books about girls living in different historical eras. Founder Pleasant Rowland insisted American Girls materials be ...

Jagoda and Zuzia giggle in the opening scenes in the way that only 11-year-old girls can. Together they are the center of their own changing world. On the face of it, not much happens in the lives of ...