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American Girl is a spectacular product for any girl. I have 4 nieces and my mom & I have taken them to Chicago to American Girl Place for their dolls. They have Samantha, Kirsten, Kit & Kaya. They each picked their doll based on the stories in the catalogue.
Someone asked about the outfits wondering why you can't dress the dolls in any ole thing -- Well, each doll has a special historical setting important to women and our country. So, part of playing with the dolls is to learn American history. The dolls also have a series of books that correlate to the outfits, so you get the picture.
I have never been more moved than I have at the American Girl Place. There are hundreds of girls with their moms, chatting about the dolls in their historical setting. It's incredible to here the chatter about women's suffrage, the birth of USA, the affects of WWII, or slavery where the children are expressing themselves more than the adults.
Some of you may be skeptics, like my husband, so I took him to the store (at the time it was next to Ralph Lauren Polo store, so we made a quick side trip). Under protest he walked in the store, but it didn't take 30 seconds for him to get caught-up in the “feeling," ask why I didn't buy more items for our nieces.
This makes me wish I had a little girl to share this experience with. Enjoy!!
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