American Girl’s World by Us line features 18-inch dolls and books for characters Makena, Evette, and Maritza. (Photo credit: Business Wire via AP) ...

The book — “A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image Book” — is aimed at girls age 10 and up, and acknowledges the existence of transgender and non-binary identities.

An American Girl doll book about body image is facing unprecedented backlash from anti-LGBTQ reviewers over two pages on gender expression. "As far as we are aware, no other American Girl book has ...

That question, posed by a 5-year-old African-American girl in 1965, begins Nancy Larrick’s famous “The All-White World of Children’s Books.” In it, she documents the lily-white landscape ...

Rowland with original American Girl dolls: Kirsten, Samantha and Molly. The line later expanded in the 1990s with Felicity Merriman of Colonial Williamsburg and its first non-white dolls: Addy ...

In early December 2022, a book in an American Girl company-branded series of self-help guides — "Smart Girl's Guide: Body Image" — drew the ire of anti-trans activists. Published in February ...

The American Girl doll brand is causing outrage over its new book aimed at kids that discusses gender issues, including advice on transitioning and information about puberty blocker drugs. The 96 ...

Inspired by their podcast of the same name, historians Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks tackle these questions and more in their book Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl (2023 ...

She also is an icon for many Minnesota girls who grew up with the American Girl line of dolls in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, along with its catalogs and books describing a year in the life of each ...

The American Girl dolls had their issues. For starters, they were exorbitantly priced (buying just one doll with the accompanying accessories, books, and wardrobes could cost hundreds of dollars).

American Girl is dedicated to racial equity, and as part of that commitment, they’re providing free books written by Black women and featuring Black heroines. According to the company’s ...