American Girl Dolls

Answer 1

Just like you dolls don't come with a name, specific clothes, or a story. You can choose the hair color, style, and eye color. Then you can buy other clothing for your doll. They just have more options than the girls with stories do.

Answer 2

American Girl is an extensive line of short historical fiction chapter books and dolls imitating the main characters of those chapter books. The American Girl dolls can be purchased with a variety of outfits and accessories. There are several different American Girl characters and dolls modeled off these characters, the most popular of which are described below.

Felicity Merriman

The American girl books about Felicity take place right before the American Revolution, in 1774 and 1775. Felicity lives in Williamsburg, Virginia and loves horses and her best friend Elizabeth Cole. The Felicity doll has red hair and is dressed in a white dress with pink flowers and a white bonnet. Accessories for Felicity include a handkerchief, a horse, a stable set for the horse and a tea set.

Josefina Montoya

Josefina’s story takes place in New Mexico in 1824. She is a Mexican who must deal with the recent death of her mother and the many cultural changes taking place. Josefina’s braid has flowers in it and she wears a cross necklace. Her accessories include Sombrita (her goat), a weaving loom, and even an outdoor oven with grinding stones, bread and a basket of chiles.

Addy Walker

The books about Addy Walker, an escaped slave from South Carolina, are fascinating and exciting. Addy and her mother travel to freedom during the Civil War. She wears a pink striped dress and a straw bonnet. Optional accessories include a water gourd, a kerchief for making a bundle to carry necessities while she travels, an ice cream set (with cherry pie, ice cream, a wooden ice cream maker, bowls and forks and a vase filled with flowers) and a family album quilt.

Molly McIntire

Molly’s tribulations take place during World War II. Her father is an overseas doctor helping with the war effort, but his absence makes life difficult for Molly and the rest of her family. The Molly American Girl Doll has two pigtail braids tied in red ribbons and she wears a pair of round glasses and a navy blue beret. Her accessories include a red purse, a dog named Bennett, a camping tent and sleeping bag, and a pair of figure skates.