Each American Girl character had a series of books, and corresponding dolls, that explored her story in a particular time throughout history. The company started in 1986, and by the early 1990s, ...

Founded by entrepreneur Pleasant Rowland in 1986, American Girl dolls were a way to teach girls ages 8 to 11 about U.S. history, via a series of dolls with accompanying books and elaborate ...

Spread out over a standard six-book series, each girl has an arc of self-discovery and resilience in the face of both historical and everyday issues. These stories made me fall in love with American ...

Now with a new American Girl doll movie in the ... Released in 1993, Addy Walker was the first Black doll released by the company. In her book series, it’s revealed that the character was ...

American Girl launches its new historical BeForever doll, Melody Ellison, Saturday at a pair of events in Detroit. The doll and her series of paperback books and ... and Addy Walker’s family ...

The American ... an annual Girl of the Year and another model set in modern times that was customizable in tens of skin and hair tone combinations, an influential puberty book for girls ...

Besides Kirsten, the early dolls included Molly, who grew up during World War II; Addy ... Mahoney said, the American Girl books reflect not just the time they were set but also when they were ...