The American Girl doll ... the lack of age-appropriate dolls for pre-adolescent girls; most dolls on the market at the time were either baby dolls or adult-styled fashion dolls like Barbie.

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made ...

That’s so cool,” Porras recalled her daughter saying when she learned about this year’s doll. Each year American Girl introduces a new “Girl of the Year” doll, complete with a background ...