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 ...

That year, she lost a friend to cholera ... But Kirsten and the other American Girl dolls represent far more than all that, Mary Mahoney, a historian, an author and co-host of the podcast “Dolls of ...

Decorating wands at the craft table is Monica Edwards and her daughter, Mariah Edwards. The Galloway family attended the tea ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aurora Fenzl brought a Kirsten doll to a program about American Girl dolls Saturday at the Minnesota History Center. (Greta Kaul/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...