It did. “Last year it was still too big,” Jane marveled. “Now it’s just right!” Jane has saved all of her daughters’ American Girl dolls. As she pulls them from a half dozen plastic ...

It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin ... that belied her insensate status. She is, after all, just a doll, albeit a soft-bodied, large and quite beautiful ...

Kirsten is an American Girl doll. She also is an icon for many Minnesota girls who grew up with the American Girl line of dolls in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, along with its catalogs and books ...

and all manner of advice and craft books. To maintain the company’s popularity and expand interest, in 2001, American Girl began offering a “Girl of the Year” doll and book. These books ...