American Girl Doll News

Today is Lea's birthday! She was born on this day in 2005, making her 20 years old.

More information about Raquel Reyes’s meet accessories were leaked on a secondhand buying site: It will come with a locket, bag, notebook, sunglasses, piece of paper, phone and picture of Samantha. Her logo is a pink locket. Her box colors are blue, pink and white.

Emily Bennett is the Doll of the Month for August 2025! Emily Bennett, a young English girl, has come to stay with Molly McIntire's family to escape the bombing of London. Emily's parents sent her off with the reminder to be "a brave soldier for England," but Emily doesn't see how she can do that. Molly tries hard to make sweet, shy Emily feel at home, and Emily is grateful for Molly's friendship. Emily is delighted that she can help Molly with math and is pleased and proud when she impresses Molly. But it is not until Emily makes a big mistake and has to ask Molly for help that Emily shows how truly brave she is--and both girls learn what friendship really means.

American Girl is advertising an AG Rewards event where guests will be entered to win "Girl of the Year prizes" on August 22 and 23rd. While there's no indication that this is the Girl of the Year 2026 launch event, the hint that there will be GOTY prizes makes me think... could this be it? I'll do some more investigating on the store website. Wish me luck!

A new American Girl fill in book, You're A Star, will release on April 21, 2026.  Tell your friends and loved ones they are brighter than the stars with this officially licensed fill-in book that you can personalize, American Girl: You're a Star.  This 5 by 4 inch do-it-yourself fill-in book is full of 47 prompts that will have you laughing and reminiscing over your friendship. The prompts and full cover images are packed with references to the popular American Girl historical characters as well as the entire American Girl brand that any fan will appreciate. Whether you're a nostalgic collector of American Girl or a current lover of the dolls' humor and legacy, this personalized book is a gift your friend will cherish.

American Girl just gave us a peek at the mix and match holiday outfits for 2025:

American Girl's 2025 advent calendar just released, entitled the Baking Spirits Bright calendar.

American Girl dolls are dolls. American Girl dolls are also characters in their own world with stories about each doll. Usually, these lines don't cross. But about ten years ago, they started to cross, with the introduction of the character Z Yang. Z is depicted as a 13 year old filmmaker - who specializes in stop-motion animations of American Girl dolls. In the late 2000s all the way up to the early 2020s, American Girl stopmotions were a popular way for fans to express themselves and their stories. With the prevalance of short-form video content taking over (plus the bar in American Girl stopmotions being set way too high - it's not all my fault, but I apologize for making an hour-long dystopian movie with a voice cast of popular AGTubers), the American Girl stopmotion craze eventually died out, but Z represented the community at it's height, with videos of her being released in 2015 and the doll being released in 2017. While Z was eventually retired at the end of 2018, her little-known story carried major implications for American Girl. Why, you may ask? She had a Kit doll. Then, five years after Z's introduction, it happened again. Courtney Moore released in 2020 - a girl from 1986, the year American Girl dolls were released. For Christmas, she got a Molly. The same thing happened - confirming that American Girl dolls exist as dolls in the American Girl universe. Now, we're approaching 2026. If release patterns uphold, the new Girl of the Year, rumored to be named Raquel Reyes, will be released next month. And story leaks have rumored that Raquel will be a descendant of Samantha Parkington, the most iconic American Girl doll, thus confirming that in the American Girl universe, the dolls are real women - and dolls as well. I guess in the American Girl universe, they made the dolls, but the dolls were based on real people instead of fictional characters like they are now. But how would that explain the Disney and pop culture dolls? Is Barbie a real person in the American Girl universe? Is Wednesday a real person in the American Girl universe? I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking this. Anyways, we're about a month away from Raquel. And I am so ready.

American Girl has announced 2 activity books intended for grown-ups in 2026: The Official American Girl Cookbook, and American Girl Cross-Stitch. Both books release on April 21, 2026.

American Girl has revealed the My First Addy doll on Amazon.ca :

The cloth My First American Girl dolls that leaked a few months back are available for pre-order on Amazon Canada:

After a few days of speculation, American Girl officially launched the Frozen playline collection today. Playline Anna and Elsa are $145 each. Anna and Elsa have one extra outfit each - their outfits from Frozen 2, Elsa's Travel Outfit and Bruni and Anna's Adventure Outfit and Travel Bag. Each extra outfit is $60. An Olaf plush with summer accessories was also released for $45.