American Girl is dedicated to racial equity, and as part of that commitment, they’re providing free books written by Black women and featuring Black heroines. According to the company’s ...

American Girl recently announced that, as part of the 35th-anniversary celebration, it’s bringing back the original historical dolls and their books for a short time.

You could be an American Girl kid without ever owning a doll. The books alone offered a gateway into historical fiction, and the legacy of the historical characters reigns supreme.

American Girl has launched three new dolls and books that Mattel said “elevate multicultural stories that reflect American girls today.” The “World by Us” character dolls - Makena Williams ...

The release of two "historical" American Girl dolls from the 1990s — dolls named Isabel and Nicki Hoffman — is making some millennial women feel quite old.

American Girl is bringing its historic dolls — Samantha Parkington, ... American Girl will also donate more than $100,000 worth of American Girl books to Save the Children's U.S. Literacy program.

It is in this equalizing front that the American Girl dolls, and the characters that they represent, become a unifying face for girlhood. Their stories, as told through their books, encourage young ...

How American Girl dolls became a part of American culture NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks about their new book Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl.

American Girl dolls were the center of my elementary school life. I remember owning two, both the ‘make your own’ dolls. I named them both after Francis Hogden Burnett’s characters: Emily, after the ...

(American Girl dolls have always been on the more expensive end of the toy market: The original doll and book combo cost $82 in 1986, which is about $150 today adjusted for inflation.) [Photo ...

American Girl’s World by Us line features 18-inch dolls and books for characters Makena, Evette, and Maritza. (Photo credit: Business Wire via AP) ...