American Girl Doll News

I thought this was really interesting when I went to the American Girl store in Charlotte today: they still had pictures of some retired Truly Me dolls on display at the Doll Hair Salon!

The cover of the new Josefina graphic novel. has been revealed! Here it is:

A new American Girl Julie song, "Groovy Gliding", is now available on streaming.

Lanie is the Doll of the Month for July 2024! Lanie Holland is from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2010. She is a girl who loves nature and animals, especially taking care of her pet bunny Lulu. When her best friend Dakota leaves to go rescue orangutans in Africa, Lanie is stuck at home and disappointed, but when her aunt Hannah arrives in town, she is able to spend time with her and realize the treasures that lie within her own backyard. Lanie was available for only one year, in 2010.

American Girl just put these new releases in their Charlotte store - so here's the pictures!

American Girl is offering 20% off on all online purchases from today until July 7th, with one catch. There's a gazillion exclusions, including dolls. "The following are excluded from the offer and do not count toward the qualifying dollar amount: SKU HYC70 Little Bitty Baby™, SKU HYC71 Little Bitty Baby™ Bubble Bath Set, SKU HYC72 All Set for Sleepovers Canopy Bed, American Girl® | Disney Collection, American Girl® 18” dolls, Girl of the Year™ 2024 Lila™ Collection, American Girl® x NFL Collection, American Girl® x KidKraft™, American Girl® x Harry Potter™ Collection, Create Your Own dolls; Gift Sets, Doll Care Center; parties, dining, and food purchases; special-event tickets; gift cards; doll salon experiences; gift wrap, shipping and processing, or sales tax; and requests for delayed shipping."

The filmmaker Lindsey Anderson Beer, an American Girl fan who has worked on movies like Sierra Burgess is a Loser and Pet Semetary, has officially been announced to be directing the theatrical American Girl movie in production at Paramount. She was previously attached to write and produce the movie, and she still is. This was announced in an LA Times article about the CEO of Mattel.

New American Girl shirts for women, men and youth are available on Amazon! Each shirt is 22.99. Here are the shirts!

American Girl is offering 20% off on all AG Rewards purchases from today until tomorrow, with one catch. There's a gazillion exclusions, including dolls. "The following are excluded from the offer and do not count toward the qualifying dollar amount: SKU HYC70 Little Bitty Baby™, SKU HYC71 Little Bitty Baby™ Bubble Bath Set, SKU HYC72 All Set for Sleepovers Canopy Bed, American Girl® | Disney Collection, American Girl® 18” dolls, Girl of the Year™ 2024 Lila™ Collection, American Girl® x NFL Collection, American Girl® x KidKraft™, American Girl® x Harry Potter™ Collection, Create Your Own dolls; Gift Sets, Doll Care Center; parties, dining, and food purchases; special-event tickets; gift cards; doll salon experiences; gift wrap, shipping and processing, or sales tax; and requests for delayed shipping."

We are already halfway through 2024 - wow! It's time to pick the next Doll of the Month - who will it be - Tenney Grant, Lanie Holland or Z Yang?

There was a small July release today on American Girl’s website: All Set For Sleepovers Canopy Bed - $165 Little Bitty Baby (Blond) - $26 Little Bitty Baby Bubble Bath Set - $40

I just read the new American Girl book Julie and the Blue Guitar! Here's my review of the graphic novel: The novel was pretty good! It started out pretty slow, not going to lie, partially due to the novel's framing device of switching between time periods being not that great, but everything else was pretty good once I was able to get past that. Emma, the modern character from 2024, was pretty relatable, being a modern incarnation of Julie with a knack for mysteries and documentary filmmaking who just moved to San Francisco, and her passion for finding out where Julie is today was a nice parallel to the main story revolving around Julie, which gave me a lot of nostalgia to the old mystery series that American Girl put out for the historical characters before putting less of a focus on the book. It felt just like an older American Girl mystery - just in a new format. The art style was enjoyable and pretty to look at, and THE ENDING! (Spoiler alert - in 2024, Julie is apart of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors!) AAAA IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE JULIE TODAY! So yeah, I really enjoyed this and would recommend purchasing it to show American Girl that we want more books for the historicals!