Growing up, it felt like you were either the kid with all the American Girl dolls, or you knew the kid with all the American Girl dolls. And they always seemed to be set up in one single (some might ...

The American Girl doll, a beloved icon in the toy industry, has been capturing the hearts of children and collectors alike since its inception in 1986. Created by Pleasant Rowland, a former educator ...

Now library patrons can take home dolls with their books. — -- A New York Girl Scout is giving hundreds of kids the chance to play with a childhood staple, the American Girl doll, by creating a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – At 9 years old, I wanted an American Girl doll more than anything. And on Christmas morning 1989, I was overjoyed to discover Kirsten Larson under the tree. Kirsten was a Swedish ...

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a dead fur trapper, ...

Growing up, I was lucky enough to have an American Girl Doll collection that could rival even the brand’s biggest fans (thanks to my generous aunt.) I’m now well outside the target demographic for ...

The American Girl doll was invented in the nineteen-eighties by an enterprising former grade-school teacher and news anchor in her mid-forties named Pleasant Rowland, during a visit to Colonial ...

These two new American Girl dolls party like it's 1999! American Girl revealed Isabel and Nicki, the first set of twin dolls in the company's flagship historical collection, Wednesday on "Good Morning ...