American Girl Doll News

Hi everyone! I hope you all were able to read Kirsten's Surprise so we can discuss it. If you don't have copies of these books going forward at home, you can check to see if a local library has them, and if no libraries have them, you can make an account at the Library of Congress's Internet Archive and check them out there. Kirsten's Surprise, the third book in Kirsten's series, is about how St Lucia Day, Kirsten's favorite holiday and the start of Christmas, is coming - but she doesn't have the things she needs to bring the holiday to America. The night before the holiday, she goes on an adventure with her dad to get the items, but a snowstorm means she will have to trust her instincts to get home. When I was rereading this book, several things came to mind about the themes within, and both their historical context and what it means to be a girl in 2025. I don't want these posts to be too long, so I'll list my thoughts, and let you discuss these topics as well in the comments! Kirsten begins the story thinking about how she wants her things that are across the country, especially her doll Sari. What do you think these things represent for Kirsten? I think they represent her home - everything she loves - everything that makes her smile. They remind her of Sweden, and it must be so hard for Kirsten to adjust to a new country without her comfort items. Kirsten's cousins don't remember much about St. Lucia Day, despite the fact that they are Swedish and are from Sweden. Why do you think that is? First, Kirsten's cousins don't remember much of Sweden, so they wouldn't remember celebrating St. Lucia Day over there. But from what I know about them from the last book, I feel like because they mostly have known America, they haven't gotten many chances to experience their Swedish culture. At this point in Kirsten's series, her English is improving. How do you think Kirsten is holding up learning a new language, while keeping her culture close to her? I think the memories of her old home and what she used to love are keeping her culture close to her, while learning the language, exploring Minnesota, meeting new people, and becoming closer with her cousins is helping Kirsten both adapt to America while not entirely forgetting about Sweden. Kirsten is able to be brave and use the knowledge of her new home she got from exploring with Singing Bird to navigate the horse and her trunk back home. This is a contrast from how she acted just two books ago - what do you think has changed? She's had to learn how to be brave. Kirsten has experienced loss - first, the loss of Marta, and then, having to be separated from Singing Bird. She's experienced a whole new country, learned a whole new language, and has grown a lot from that. That, plus her determination to show her family something she loves, is probably what got her to do it! Next week, we will be reading Happy Birthday, Kirsten!

American Girl just released 2 collector outfits inspired by the movie Clueless - Cher's "As If" Outfit and Dionne's "Whatever" Outfit. Each outfit is $80.

The Truly Me dolls in the old meet outfits, the 2024 collector dolls, the Gourmet Kitchen, Ice Cream Truck, Scooter, Treat Cart, Computer Set, Pet Spa and Daycare, NFL items and Harry Potter items, as well as the All Set for Sleepovers Bed and Claudie's Bed, Bitty Babies and WellieWishers are all on sale until July 11th! Additionally, over on Amazon, WellieWishers are $39, Truly Me dolls in the old meet are $88-$95, and the Pink Stardust dolls are $193.

American Girl's Elsa collector doll has sold out.

In Julie’s Doll of the Month post, RuthieFairyFan pointed out that every historical except Courtney and the twins has been Doll of the Month. So I’m going to see what one of the three you all want to give the honor to - Courtney, Isabel or Nicki? P.S; Completely forgot to post a book post over the weekend! Sorry! It should be up tomorrow!

These American Girl collectibles, designed in collaboration with Department 56, will release in August!

American Girl has limited time deals, including dolls! NFL tees - $6 NFL fan outfits - $17 Harry Potter sets - $19 NFL cheer uniforms - $20 Hogwarts uniform - $39 Hogwarts trunk - $49 Sorting hat - $23 Quidditch uniform - $53 Barbie Day to Night outfit - $57 Scooter and sidecar - $76 Truly Me 90 - $81 Truly Me 125 and 126 - $88 Truly Me 100, 121 and 124 - $95 Summer's Treat Cart - $95 Truly Me 70, 89, 91, 101, 105, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 117, 119, 120, 128, 129 - $102 Isabel and Nicki's Computer and Desk Set - $111 Pet Spa and Daycare - $112 Claudie's Bed - $116 All Set for Sleepovers - $126 Truly Me 127 Practice to Performance Set - $132 Pink Stardust Collector Dolls - $193 Gourmet kitchen - $228 Elsa Collector Doll - $233 Anna Collector Doll - $233 Jeni's Ice Cream Truck - $245

American Girl's annual Independence Day sale is on! From now until July 5, you get 15% off purchases of $100 or more, 20% purchases of $175 or more, and 25% off purchases of $275 or more. In addition, there are limited time deals, which I will detail in the next post!

The government's tariffs have officially hit American Girl, as we all saw coming - 18 inch dolls are now $135 Disney dolls are now $145 Special edition historicals are now $175 Outfits range in the $40-$60 range Accessories have now all gone up $10-$20

American Girl has a surprise new release available on their website! First, we have 3 new Truly Me dolls, titled Long Hair Looks. These have extra-long hair for doll play, and cost $175 each. The blond doll is Truly Me 133, the medium-skinned doll is Truly Me 134 and the dark-skinned doll is Truly Me 135. This line also comes with salon accessories! These cost $34. Next, the Little Bitty Babies now have outfits of their own! Each outfit is $20. Finally, two outfits for Truly Me released at $50 each. The first one is titled the Bows and Blooms Outfit and the second one is titled the Pink and Preppy Outfit.

My sister took photos today of the American Girl Barbie Peaches and Cream dolls at the Nashville store! Here they are:

Before you guys ask - no, I didn't go to the American Girl store in NYC. I have not been to an American Girl store in 2 months, since I left my college town for the summer. It's been the longest I've gone without going to AG since the Charlotte store opened, which has been really hard to deal with. Last week, I found out some really big news, and I wanted to celebrate at the Charlotte store, but then I remembered it wasn't open anymore, and I got so upset :( ANYWAYS, my dad's friend went to the American Girl store in NYC, and took some pictures for me to share on here with you all! Thank you, Jen!