American Girl

Samantha’s Historical Case at American Girl Place Chicago

source: Doll Diaries

So, I realized that there are still a bunch of photos from my American Girl Place Chicago trip that I have not posted. Below is a picture I took the first weekend in May – just prior to the release of Rebecca. The historical vignette case from the Samantha collection was the last piece of [...]

Published Sun, Jun 28

Spies, Celebs, Classics and More — Good Reads are Coming Up

source: The Jewish Journal of greater L.A

 CA Finally, Rebecca Rubin, the newest American Girl Doll and a child of Jewish immigrants, is accompanied by “Meet Rebecca,” which will surely be on many Jewish New Year's lists (if you can hold out that long). What to read next? You decide. ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Historical, Jewish-American Doll a Girl Worth Waiting for

source: Combined Jewish Philantropies

And there's never been a Jewish doll like that before in any of the lines of dolls." Before Rebecca came on the scene, Nessa Reich's two oldest daughters renamed their American Girl dolls to make them sound, well, Jewish. Nellie became "Devorah ... Rebecca, Jewish-American Girl Momlogic.com

Published Tue, Jun 16

American Girl: Ain't No Tom Petty

source: blogs.ajc.com

  USA But last night an old friend from my childhood was in town with her 12-year-old, and we made a date for dinner at the bistro inside the American Girl doll store in Alpharetta. I had long since put my daughter's dolls — Samantha, Nelly, Josephina and ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

What's going on: Meet the new American Girl

source: Detroit Free Press

 United States Rebecca Rubin, the newest American Girl doll historical character, will be introduced 7 pm Wednesday at the Barnes & Noble in Allen Park. The evening will be filled with activities for children 5-10 years old. They'll hear excerpts from the book, ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Local families welcome Jewish doll

source: Sun-Sentinel.com

 FL And there's never been a Jewish doll like that before in any of the lines of dolls." Before Rebecca came on the scene, Nessa Reich's two oldest daughters renamed their American Girl dolls to make them sound, well, Jewish. Nellie became "Devorah ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Should dolls get religion, or be given one?

source: The Riverdale Press

The question is will American Girl Doll now identify the religious backgrounds of all their dolls or is this only to be the case with Rebecca? It may be that these dolls, which sell for $100 each, whose outfits cost more than I am now willing to spend ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

BLOSSOM CITY: SWIC sets upcoming classes

source: St. Louis Post

 MO 12:30-4 pm June 22-25: American Girl for grades kindergarten through 4th. Step back into the 20th century with the American girl. Take a walk with Samantha to discover what life was like in 1904. Then jump in the time machine and visit the year 1944 ...

Published Wed, Jun 10