American Girl Doll News

My film Lindsey: An American Girl Story will be shown at the Southeast Psych student film festival on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7:00. It is at Cinnebare Movie Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina (8800 Providence Road). Please come! Ticket information will come soon. #April2016

Today is Felicity's birthday! She was born this day in 1765, which makes her 251 today, In her books, Felicity gets her grandmother's guitar for her birthday, but then disobeys her grandfather when she brings it to the Cole's house. On her way to pick the guitar up, there is a dangerous message for the colonists, and Felicity alerts them herself! What are you doing for Felicity's birthday? I'm just having a mini party. #April2016

I found this dress on the cn_4222 eBay account. This is a prototype of Julie's Holiday Outfit. This dress has a very nice fabric. Maybe it will be for something in the future? COMMENT DISCUSSION QUESTION: The dress pictured above or Julie's real holiday outfit? MY ANSWER: This dress for sure. #April2016

Here goes... it goes to.... the very awesome, dedicated and pretty... CHICAGO, ILLINOIS! Also known as the hometown of the first ever American Girl store and former Girls of the Year Lindsey and Marisol. COMMENT DISCUSSION QUESTION: Do you have a account on American Girl World yet? (if no than go click the American Girl World button and make one and come back to this site) If yes, than what's your username? MY ANSWER: Yes! My username is MiaStClair, if you want to message me! #April2016

A non-profit organization in Nashville, Tennessee, called Amputee Blade Runners gave eight-year old Hannah Dembowczyk, a girl with a prosthetic leg, a custom-made American Girl doll with one. When I saw this story on the Internet, I felt like jumping for joy. The fact that somebody (or some organization) wanted to give a girl a doll with her disability that AG doesn't offer made me feel so happy inside. I really wish American Girl made a character doll with a disability. Here' s a picture: This is so cool! I love the miniature prosthetic leg. I really wish American Girl made a character with one, or at least a customization option. I am currently in the process of developing a line of dolls with unique disabilities, and now I know for sure that one WILL have a prosthetic leg. P.S: It's Tuesday, and you know what that means! Comment Discussion Question: Do you think American Girl should offer dolls with prosthetic legs, preferably a BeForever or a Girl of the Year doll? My Answer: Hands down, yes. It stinks having Type 1 Diabetes, and I felt so happy when American Girl released a diabetes kit. I jumped up and down when I heard the news. I'm pretty sure thousands of girls just like Hannah in this article will LOVE to have their doll customized and react like me when the diabetes kit released! #April2016

After a week of pondering, I decided to make my American Girl World again! Here's the link: http://myfirstworld.com/146924 #April2016

Hey! I made a new video! Go check it out! What did you think? #April2016

In addition to the items I posted about yesterday, there will be a new Bitty Baby outfit and a new Truly Me cheerleading outfit shown below. No word on what Josefina and Rebecca's getting just yet! QUESTION OF THE POST: What will you buy? MY ANSWER: Josefina's new goodies and Lea's white dress. I might ask for her new mini at Christmastime. #April2016

Why? Because, American Girl is having a NEW RELEASE on April 28! Here is a list of RUMORED items: For Lea, Miss GOTY 2016: -The white dress pictured below -A matching dress for girls -Probably a accessory set or two, thinking about Grace's and Isabelle's summer releases -Stuff for girls - A Lea mini doll in her hiking outfit TRULY ME No rumors yet! BEFOREVER Josefina stuff! Rebecca stuff! YAY!!! I am going to the AG store in a couple of hours, so I will ask about the release there. #April2016

But, to get to the point, information about Kailey Hopkins on the good old 'Net is scarce. My reading teacher (let's call her Mrs. B, because we don't want to give away personal information about Mrs. B) has a huge library full of books. She has about 10 American Girl books in her library. There's Felicity's Central Series (except for Felicity's Surprise), Elizabeth's book, Peril At King's Creek (a Felicity mystery), Julie and Kit's meet books, and the reason why I made the title all about her, KAILEY'S BOOK! I read it in January and today I had extra time in reading class so I reread it! And, since information on Kailey on the 'Net is scarce, I am delivering- drumroll, please- AN ABUNDANCE OF KAILEY KNOWLEDGE! So, this is all you know about Kailey, probably: "Whether she's spying on tide-pool creatures or splash-crashing through waves on her boogie board, there's no place ten-year-old Kailey loves more than the ocean. She and her best friend Tess feel totally lucky when they find out a resort-mall-movie multiplex is "Coming Soon!" to their beach. TWELVE movie theaters. Cool shops. A snack bar. Maybe even bathrooms! Then Kailey learns the whole truth: developers plan to haul away the rocky tide pools to make a smooth, sandy beach for tourists. Messing with a whole tide pool universe, and all the creatures who live there, is just plain NOT OKAY. Kailey's got a great idea, but she's never tried anything like it before. If she can believe in herself and make it work, there might be hope for the tide pools yet." Her idea? OK, ready Internet? Set? Kailey goes around in public asking people to draw the tide pools to convince Luther Drake (the head on the Commercial Cove Resort : Phase One (the proposed resort that will wreck the tide pools)) that the tide pools are worth saving. Later in the book, Kailey and Tess set up a booth that people can do drawings at for a mystery prize raffle. List Of Characters That I Remember: Kailey- Obviously! Everybody knows who she is. Tess- Kailey's best friend. She is a movie addict and likes to go to the beach with Kailey. She breaks her leg from a rock at the beach. Tess doesn't like crutches (which leads her to being in a bed for like, 2 chapters), but when she gets involved in the booth, she is more active and even goes to Kailey's meeting about them. Mrs. Hopkins- Kailey's mom, who is a marine biologist. Her co-workers donate 4 packs of pencils and 3 packs of paper for Kailey's drawing protest/contest. Pete Hopkins- Kailey's dad, who is a artist. His mural is up in a local diner. Mr. Drake is a fan of his work and asks him to do 88 paintings and 2 murals for the Commercial Cove Hotel, before and after Kailey saves the tide pools. Mandy- Kailey's friend. Destiny- Kailey's friend. Chloe- Kailey's friend. Her mom owns a hair salon, and Chloe gets people in the hair salon to draw for the tide pools. Jeremy- A florist. Jeremy always gives Kailey a purple iris when she visits his store. Jeremy gets his customers to draw for the tide pools. Julia- A waitress at Kailey's favorite resturant. Julia is the son-in-law of Mr. Drake, Joe Hong- A cashier at Fish King, a fish store. Mr. Hong is the first person to tell Kailey that the new development will get rid of the tide pools. Luther Drake- The head of the planned Commercial Cove Resort. He has two kids, Daria (who is three) and Theo (who is two and a half). When Mr. Drake was a kid, he used to love the tide pools, which makes him decide to not build on the tide pools. He wants to build the resort for his two kids to stay at when they are older. And yeah! PS: Here's a funny paraphrased excerpt of Kailey: "If it says Phase One, there's got to be a Phase Two.", said Dad. "Phase Two, Commercial Cove Amusement Park! With noisy carnival music, rides, and "Step Right Up, Folks!" "And," said Mom, "There might be Phase Three! Commercial Cove Airport, with pollution in the air!" HAHAHA! QUESTION OF THE POST: Do you want/have Kailey? ANSWER: Sadly, I don't. I am going to a garage sale next week, so I will be on the lookout for her. #April2016

I always am on the lookout for dolls that are Disasters! So, I decided to look some up and post that today. This Samantha doll was listed for $65 dollars. She had messed up hair, pen marks on her hand and VERY, VERY loose limbs. Plus, she didn't come with any clothes! This Julie doll and accessories were listed for $105, with the seller describing the doll as "good condition". But, the doll has ratty hair and a retracted eyelash. And this last Disaster Dolly is a Kanani doll with messed up hair and a funny-looking eyelash. And she is going for a whopping $160 with her swimsuit and book! OK, that's it for today. DISCUSSION QUESTION: What would be the first thing you would do with the Kanani in this post? Answer: I'd send her to the doll hospital and when she got back, sell her on eBay for 500 bucks. Yay! #April2016

And The Shoutout Goes To... Tampa, Florida! #April2016