That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a dead fur trapper, struggled to learn English in school and let a raccoon into her family’s house, ...

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, ...

American Girl is embedded in so many of my core memories ... The collection features both illustrations of classic American Girls (like Kirsten, Molly, and Josefina) and dresses and pajamas ...

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) ...