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American Girls
Oct. 26th, 2011 07:52 amOne of our volunteers gave me an American Girl holiday catalog! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I love these catalogs - they're so much fun to peruse, never mind I was never much enthused about physical dolls, and the holiday one is EXTRA THICK.
And they have dolls with curly hair now! And short hair! And freckles!
Also there are NEW BOOKS. Kaya, a Native American girl from 1764! Julie and Ivy (who is Chinese-American) from the 70s! Marie-Grace and Cecile from New Orleans in the 1850s! (American Girl has apparently realized that one can write a single series about a pair of best friends and sell twice the dolls for the same amount of work. The motive may be base and commercial but I approve of friendship.) Rebecca, a Jewish girl from 1914! (But they got rid of Samantha to make way for her. I don't approve of that at all! And Felicity and Kirsten are also missing.)
I totally want to read their books, but I think American Girl books are not the kind of thing one can profitably read as an adult. WOE.
...I am probably too old to have tea at the American Girl store, too. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ONE AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. I COULD TOTALLY GET MY AUNT TO TAKE ME THERE.
And they have dolls with curly hair now! And short hair! And freckles!
Also there are NEW BOOKS. Kaya, a Native American girl from 1764! Julie and Ivy (who is Chinese-American) from the 70s! Marie-Grace and Cecile from New Orleans in the 1850s! (American Girl has apparently realized that one can write a single series about a pair of best friends and sell twice the dolls for the same amount of work. The motive may be base and commercial but I approve of friendship.) Rebecca, a Jewish girl from 1914! (But they got rid of Samantha to make way for her. I don't approve of that at all! And Felicity and Kirsten are also missing.)
I totally want to read their books, but I think American Girl books are not the kind of thing one can profitably read as an adult. WOE.
...I am probably too old to have tea at the American Girl store, too. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ONE AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. I COULD TOTALLY GET MY AUNT TO TAKE ME THERE.
