I arrived half an hour early to the Boston Public Library, anxiously clutching a canvas tote bag with my childhood Samantha doll inside. The event managers admired my punctuality but told me I ...

For all young girls and doll lovers out there, no doubt the American Girl Doll Store in NYC has been high on their list of places to visit. Outside of the U.S., the American Girl Doll craze might take ...

American Girl dolls were the center of my elementary school life. I remember owning two, both the ‘make your own’ dolls. I named them both after Francis Hogden Burnett’s characters: Emily, after the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – At 9 years old, I wanted an American Girl doll more than anything. And on Christmas morning 1989, I was overjoyed to discover Kirsten Larson under the tree. Kirsten was a Swedish ...