As American Girl turns 40, we look back on the impact their historical characters left on young people.

The Making of American Girl explores 40 years of the iconic dolls, their stories, and the lasting impact they’ve had on generations of girls.

American Girl dolls and books, which have connected girls to U.S. history for 40 years, were directly inspired by the era that gave birth to this nation. On a trip to the living-history museum ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every single detail of the whole experience thrilled me: purchasing something I valued with my own money, learning about Manhattan ...

There’s no denying that growing up in the ’90s was a simpler time: landlines, VCRs, and mail-order catalogs. The queen? Definitely the American Girl catalog (closely followed by Delia*s, I’m sure). It ...

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a dead fur trapper, ...

American Girl began 40 years ago in Madison and then Middleton with dolls and books about girls living in different historical eras. Founder Pleasant Rowland insisted American Girls materials be ...