Plenty of celebrities opt to go by stage names in Hollywood. From Natalie Hershlag (Portman) to Olivia Cockburn (Wilde) there ...

Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made ...

T he American Girl doll, a beloved icon in the toy industry, has been capturing the hearts of children and collectors alike since its inception in 1986. Created by Pleasant Rowland, a former ...

Aurora Fenzl brought a Kirsten doll to a program about American Girl dolls Saturday at the Minnesota History Center. (Greta Kaul/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA ...

Nothing against Barbie, but the McCloskey sisters of Chaska were all about their American Girl dolls. Katie McCloskey realized early on that unlike Barbie, who liked to shop, wear cute clothes, ...

And as of this week, in a sense, it is one. On Wednesday, American Girl released its first twin dolls, Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, who are also the first characters from an interfaith family.

“Black Butterfly: Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection” opens Feb. 1 at the High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave., with an opening reception will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in sales across more than 150 countries annually, and 92% of American girls ages 3 to 12 have owned a Barbie, thanks in part to her ...

This year marks American Girl’s 35th anniversary. Originally produced by The Pleasant Company, the dolls and their respective books were bought by Mattel in 1998. American Girl grew in ...

Macy’s has just announced the launch of The Jilly Doll, the first true-to-life Asian American doll, in some of its Toys “R” Us shops. This is the first of many toys in development that ...