American Girl for Grown-ups
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The American Girl® brand was established in 1986 by educator & entrepreneur Pleasant T. Rowland. Mattel acquired American Girl's parent Pleasant Company in 1998.
American Girl is the direct marketer of the popular collectible-quality American Girl 18'' dolls -- The marketing "hook" for their more widely distributed merchandise tie-ins -- primarily a well-regarded series of books aimed at the 4-13 year old age group.
Table of Contents
- News
- Rebecca Rubin Doll & Books
- Latest Releases from American Girl®
- Award-Winning Parenting Advice from American Girl
- The American Girl Library
- Techer's Editions @ Amazon.com
- Teacher's Guide Sets
- Latest Boxed Sets
- American Girl Boxed Sets
- Related Items @ Amazon.com
- Latest American Girl Mini Dolls
- New American Girl "Mini" Dolls
- My American Girl Lenses
- Vote for This Lens!
- LinkBuddies Rocks!
- The Whole Ed Cata-Blog
Featured Lenses
The "Meet the American Girls" page is meant to be the entry-point for our younger readers, while the "More American Girls" page is meant to showcase new materials like the Julie Series
News
31 MAY 2009 - American Girl's newest historical character Rebecca Rubin doll and books went on sale today at Amazon.com.
I'm reorganizing these pages a bit:
The list of American Girl Pages now has links to Amazon's American Girl Specialty Store. When Amazon's keyword search function doesn't really give you what you're looking for, these can be very helpful.
The "Meet the American Girls" page is meant to be the entry-point for our younger readers, while the "More American Girls" page is meant to showcase new materials like the Julie Series
If you are a Squidoo Lensmaster, you could help to make these more conspicuous by giving them a good "star" rating, adding them to your (Squidoo) favorites, or linking to them. If not, it's free and takes only a minute to sign up, and you could make a little money (although the return is such that that shouldn't be your first consideration.)
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Rebecca Rubin Doll & Books
Now on Sale At Amazon.com
31 May 2009 - The long awaited Rebecca Rubin doll and books are now on sale at Amazon.com. These items are so new, They aren't yet featured in the "Latest Releases" module below, and as of this posting, no pictures are yet available from Amazon.
Latest Releases from American Girl®
Amazon has a new feature that makes it possible to list all the newest American Girl releases here updated automatically by Amazon.com and Squidoo. Once a week ought to be enough.
Amazon.com's American Girl Specialty Store also has a longer "What's New?" section.
This feed has been discontinued (for now) but the link still works.
Award-Winning Parenting Advice from American Girl
The American Girl Library
Besides the historical characters series for young readers, American Girl publishes a number of books with up-to-date lessons for youngsters under the name "The American Girl Library"
Techer's Editions @ Amazon.com
Outsmart your second-grader!
Teacher's Guide Sets
For some reason, American Girl quit publishing the Teacher's Guide series, which is why you won't find guides for the more recent characters. Obviously, they weren't as popular as the children's books, but you may be able to get the whole set here (subject to availability, of course.)
Latest Boxed Sets
Squidoo has modified its Amazon module to permit no more than five items. It's an articficial constraint I don't care for, but longer modules were grandfathered in as long as they remain unedited. At any rate, theat is why these newer books and mini-dolls are featured in their own modules.
American Girl Boxed Sets
Related Items @ Amazon.com
Latest American Girl Mini Dolls
Squidoo has modified its Amazon module to permit no more than five items. It's an artificial constraint I don't care for, but longer modules were grandfathered in as long as they remain unedited. At any rate, that is why these newer mini-dolls and boxed sets are featured in their own modules.
By the way, the reason I don't feature the collectible 18-inch dolls as many lensmasters do, is that the ones Amazon carries are from third party resellers typically charging twice retail. You can get those directly from American Girl
New American Girl "Mini" Dolls
Will a little girl love a $13 "mini doll" she can actually play with as much as an aproximately $100 "collectible" doll that may spend a lot of time on a shelf? Probably.
These 6.5" mini-dolls are brand new, and despite Amazon's "not yet released" tags, they ARE out now.
My American Girl Lenses
- Meet the American Girls
- An Index of all our "American Girl" pages intended for younger readers. American Girl Specialty Store
- American Girl - Kaya
- Kaya is a daring, adventurous Nez Perce girl living in 1764. Her deep love of horses and respect for nature nourish her spirit, as she dreams of becoming a courageous leader for her people. Kaya Store
- American Girl - Felicity Merriman
- Felicity is an independent, loyal, spirited girl growing up in colonial Virginia in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity® is impatient doing the "sitting-down kinds of things" that colonial girls are expected to do. Felicity Store
- American Girl - Josefina Montoya
- Josefina is a hopeful, caring, faithful girl. She is growing up in 1824 New Mexico, a place of sweeping big skies and hard work, danger, and dreams. Josefina Store
- American Girl - Kirsten Larson
- Kirsten Larson is a brave, steadfast pioneer girl growing up on the Minnesota prairie in 1854. Her stories begin with her long, dangerous voyage with her family from Sweden to America. Kirsten Store
- American Girl - Addy Walker
- Addy is a courageous, strong girl growing up in 1864, during the Civil War. Addy's stories tell of her daring escape with her mother from slavery, and the challenges they face afterward as they try to reunite their family. Addy Store
- American Girl - Samantha Parkington
- Samantha Parkington is a bright, compassionate, generous girl being raised by her wealthy grandmother in 1904, during a time of great change. Samantha Store
- American Girl - Kitt Kittredge
- As a girl growing up during the Great Depression, Kit sees her dad lose his business overnight. To help save their home Kit becomes resourceful. Kit Store
- American Girl - Molly McIntire
- Molly McIntire is a lively, lovable, patriotic girl growing up in 1944. Her stories describe her life on the home front during World War Two. Molly Store
- American Girl - Julie Albright
- Julie Albright doesn't want to move away from her San Francisco neighborhood near Chinatown, even if their new apartment is just a few miles away. Moving means leaving her best friend, Ivy, and her pet rabbit, Nutmeg.. Julie Store
- More American Girls
- The main characters in the history series above have friends, too. This page tells about them and additional American Girl resources for learning and just for fun.
- American Girl - History's Mysteries
- "Extra" stories about all of your favorite American Girl characters, like Nancy Drew in American history.
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The Whole Ed Cata-Blog
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