How Was Girl of the Year 2025 Summer McKinny's Story Created?
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- Jun 25, 2025
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A big part of the Girl of the Year 2025, Summer McKinny's storyline is that she attends a children's business fair to showcase her dog treat baking and dog walking business, Waggy Pup Tails. But this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Maryland local Janear Garrus.
Garrus, also an educator and founder of private schools, started hosting local children's business fairs in 2017, for children to sell products that they developed on their own. According to Jodi Goldberg, the senior director of content development at American Girl, the fairs inspired the business fair Summer attends!
According to technical.ly, "Through research and feedback, American Girl leadership noticed an increased interest in entrepreneurship among kids. Goldberg specifically noted that 47% of girls aged 7 to 12 said they could see themselves becoming entrepreneurs. Many girls also showed interest in baking. That’s what led to Summer’s character. "
“Making Summer a business owner gave us a great way to present these two perennial interests — baking and pets — in a fun, new way,” Goldberg wrote in a statement to Technical.ly. “Through entrepreneurship, Summer’s story gives readers lessons in decision making, problem solving, time management, and money matters in an engaging, appealing way.”
What did the children who inspired Summer think of the 2025 Girl of the Year, you may ask? Garrus said this: "For students that entrepreneurship is their thing, they found the book very validating. They were really excited about someone that represented their interest.”
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