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By Char Here is a quote from Reelzchannel via the Complete Guide to American Girl Doll Collecting: At a recent press day for Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas confirmed that there are indeed plans for more American Girl movies in the pipeline. The next American Girl to see her story make it to film? Julie Albright. “We are developing the Julie character,” Goldsmith-Thomas said, “and we’re doing her as a musical, as a high school musical.” We’re going to have all those great songs from the ’70s,” she continued. “Julie: An American Girl Musical. It’s [set] in San Francisco.”   [read the full post]

 ND - one shopper says as she examines tiny Bison cheerleader outfits for American Girl dolls. “I could make this at home,” another shopper whispers to her friend ...

Mattel Prevails over MGA in Ownership of Bratz Drawings Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - Jul 17, 2008 The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie®, the most popular fashion doll ever introduced, Hot Wheels®, Matchbox®, American Girl® ...

 WI - Melody: This entertaining little film is based on one of the dolls from the American Girl collection. Set in Cincinnati during the Great Depression, Kit ...

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 NY - Kittredge is the focus of the recently released movie, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl." * A chance to win an American Girl Doll, or a trip to the American ...

By Kathie Brinkman This afternoon Katie and her best friend, Katie K., and her mom all went out to see the movie "Kit Kittredge--American Girl." It was the story of a girl and her family and their struggle to keep their lives afloat during the early years ...

 CO - And, in the spirit of "write what you know," Kit hits the typewriter. Those familiar with Kit and the American Girl dolls and their well-researched tales ...

By Char Even more news on American Girl’s expansion of its Boutique & Bistro stores with another one slated for the Mall of American in November of 2008. Of all the locations they have opened a B&B in, the Mall of America seems like the absolute best one yet. The Mall of America has the perfect combination of stores and clientele for the American Girls store. Even more news on American Girl’s expansion of its Boutique & Bistro stores with another one slated for the Mall of American in November of 2008. Of all the locations they have opened a B&B in, the Mall of America seems like the absolute best one yet. The Mall of America has the perfect combination [...]   [read the full post]

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Reno News & Review, NV - Jul 9, 2008 By Bob Grimm While Abigail Breslin is a charming actress, and it’s nice to see Julia Ormond in a sizeable role again, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ...

 CA - Kit's best friend Ruthie (Madison Davenport) comes across exactly as Valerie Tripp, author of the original Kit books, wrote her, an imaginative girl who ...

By nguirado For those of you unhip to the American Girl phenomenon, American Girl is a series of fiction books that focus on girls in particular American historical settings, one girl and setting per book. The books begot dolls which begot doll ...

By Vivian McInerny, The Oregonian Little girls. Big dresses. Good cause. The American Girl doll phenom conjures mixed feelings. On the plus side: 1. The dolls are not built like Barbie 2. The dolls do not dress like Bratz 3. The original dolls were designed... Little girls. Big dresses. Good cause. The American Girl doll phenom conjures...

Photo: Getty Images In a box-office match-up as hilarious as it was potentially traumatizing, Will Smith went head-to-head with his adorable offspring over the weekend when his film Hancock opened opposite Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, which starred 7-year-old Willow Smith in a s...

By Chris Beaumont A delightful film that delivers more than expected.

By Chris Beaumont A delightful film that delivers more than expected. It was just over a year ago that a big screen version of Nancy Drew arrived on the big screen. Nancy Drew is a character with plenty of story potential, but the movie turned out to be ...

Kit Kittredge aims to be a newspaper reporter and is kind, perky, enterprising and likable — a model tween of the 1930s. Abigail Breslin, though she has softened her offbeat charms for the role, never lets Kit become cloying. The movie gets overearnest now and then but is really atmospheric...

Naturally there was stuff all over the place for the Kit movie. It also looks like Kirsten's currently getting the short end of the AG stick for she was only in a small glass case. There was just a row of Kirsten's in different outfits, no furniture or accessories. I guess they had to do Kirsten be...

To be honest, all I knew about the American Girl franchise before I picked up the press notes for Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is this: Every time I hit the outdoor mall here in Los Angeles, little monster kids dashing into and out of the American Girl store like to "accidentally" swing ba...

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 OH - Kit Kittredge: An American Girl-Abigail Breslin (Ultimate Gift) headlines the inspiring drama of a nine year old girl growing up in the early years of the ...

By Chris Beaumont New releases arrive early this week.

By Heather Huntington Read our review of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and find out. And don't forget our interview with star Abigail Breslin while you're at it. Next Showing: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl opens today nationwide. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

By h7nj8Jow31 The series seeks to personalize history by telling inspirational stories set in specific historical contexts with young heroines whom today’s girls might find relatable. With some settings, such as the Great Depression for Kit Kittredge ...

By Tracy Ormsbee Last week we launched a contest to find three young American Girl doll fans to review the movie that opens Wednesday in theaters. We’d provide the tickets, we said, if they’d provide the enthusiasm for all things Kit, the plucky depression era doll.

Somewhere between the original idea and the final product, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" lost its mystery.

By Eli7 This review of "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" asked such good questions at the beginning. "It’sa complex fate, being an American girl. ... Who are you supposed to be, or to avoid becoming? A nerd? A ditz? A flirt? A tomboy? ...

Kit Kittredge, directed by Patricia Rozema, is the fourth of the American Girl series of illustrated children's novels (along with Samantha, Felicity and Molly) to be adapted into a movie.

By Meredith LePore Anyway, but now Breslin stars as Kit Kittdredge in "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," the first major American Girl motion picture. What is interesting is Kit was not one of the original American Girl dolls but merely a secondary ...

By Tracy Ormsbee Winners will also have their “movie reviews” appear in the July 4 Life/Screens section of the Times Union. Hey, moms: We’re looking for a couple American Girl Doll fans to share their opinions on “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” which opens in theaters July 2. Have your child write a short...

Then I went inside the store to shop. Ruthie was absolutely cute. The treehouse is HUGE. People were fascinated by the fact that Elise and I were dressed identical AND with AG clothes- even Brandy Norwood, who was there with her daughter Sy'rai. The Springtime Sundress size 16 has a waist way to...

 TX - Shailene Woodley is most familiar to audiences as the title role in Felicity: An American Girl Adventure and her role on The OC as Kaitlin Cooper, ...

 OH - In preparation for the feature film “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” debuting July 2, we want to hear why she loves Kit, a doll said to be growing up in ...

 NY - The winner will also receive a Kit Kittredge doll and accessories. Twenty-five first-place winners will receive a TCM Essentials Jr. DVD pack, ...

This Doll Is 'Un-American' Forget the American Girl. Santa's ...   USA - Heck, we do it with our food, why not with our historic dolls. I know, American Girl makes a doll from San Francisco. As you'd guess she's from the 1970s ...

American Girl' author's mission: To slow the Forces of growing up  PA - To them, she is the literary mom of Molly, Samantha, Josefina, Kit and several other dolls of the hugely popular American Girl line. ...

Shopping, pampering and tea — American Girl Place has it all  RI - Other than the hair salon, American Girl Place also houses a doll hospital, which fixes playroom mishaps and what the store calls “well-loved” dolls, ...

By Char The scoop is coming in and while I haven’t seen the Oprah episode yet (I’ll give more details later when I see it), those lucky girls who get Oprah early in the day say:. Mia has medium red hair, hazel eyes and freckles. ...

By Char Mia (American Girl Today) - Mia St. Clair is a ten-year-old girl living in upstate New York. She has grown up playing ice hockey wit her three older brothers on the pond behind their house. Mia’s got the skills and the scrappiness it ...

This week on Oprah  OH - cameras have unprecedented access inside the top secret America Girl factory. And only we have the world's first look at the brand new American Girl doll.

Her dolls are meant to teach life lessons Wisconsin State Journal, WI - The book sells for $12.95 separately; a doll costs $79 and comes with the book. That 's similar to American Girl dolls, priced at $87 for an 18-inch doll ...

Mom creates dolls as example for her daughter  CA - I thought you could hip up the American Girl doll and make it more about friendship," she said. Necochea's dolls are also characters in a companion book ...

American Girl Boutique and Bistro opening soon at Galleria Dallas  TX - The 22000-square-foot complex, across from Nordstrom and Saks, not only will sell dolls, doll clothing and accessories, but also will feature spaces where ...

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By Eric Zorn Was it really such a big deal that 9-year-old Abby Ann Telan of Orlando lost her American Girl doll, Marisol Luna, when it fell out of a Delta Connection jet departing Midway Airport Sunday? In our first story on this mishap we wrote ...

By Char American Girl’s Doll of the Year for 2008 will be here soon! Her name is Mia and you can preorder her books now. Mia (American Girl Today); Bravo, Mia! (American Girl Today)

A Line of Dolls Enters the ’70s  United States - Julie and her Chinese-American friend, Ivy, are the latest additions to American Girl’s fabulously popular line of historical dolls and books. ...

 NY - of MacKenzie-Childs home design products are in a court battle against the creator of American Girl dolls. American Girl creator Pleasant Rowland purchased ... Newsday all 4 news articles

 WI - Oct 17, 2006 due to sales from the third American Girl Place store ... it remains the biggest moneymaker of all Mattel dolls. ... that go beyond just dressing up the doll, such as ...

  USA - Oct 5, 2006 and occasionally their sons, for the American Girl production, "Circle of Friends," two guides are recommended: a program and an American Girl Doll catalog. ...

By Erik Davis A flurry of screenplay-related activity has escaped online today, and so I've gone ahead and stuck all the news into this one post. Check it out: Oh, I know you're dying for an update on that American Girl movie. Admit it, you love the dolls, own the dolls and want the dolls so badly, your antici...

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