It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA ...

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

T he 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 ...

“I grew up cherishing my own American Girl dolls, and now seeing my daughter share that same love has deepened my admiration for the brand,” she tells me, adding that the collection feels like ...

This year marks American Girl’s 35th anniversary. Originally produced by The Pleasant Company, the dolls and their respective books were bought by Mattel in 1998. American Girl grew in ...

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 ...