Tweens embrace American Girl (New Orleans Times-Picayune) Ava Boccieri, 9, has six American Girl dolls, which cost about $100 each. She wears American Girl perfume and subscribes to American Girl magazine. She learned about puberty from "The Care and Keeping of You," an American Girl book. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ex-American Doll Dress Maker Admits Tax Evasion (ClickOnDetroit) A former maker of clothes for the popular American Girl dolls who authorities say disguised personal expenses for a Lincoln Town Car as the cost for five used sewing machines has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. us.rd.yahoo.com
'American Girl' clothier sentenced for tax evasion (The Grand Rapids Press) GRAND RAPIDS -- A 60-year-old Greenville man who made $885,000 in the 1990s by manufacturing clothes for "American Girl" dolls and the little girls who own them faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. us.rd.yahoo.com
American Studies group is dinner party focus (The Oklahoman) Carole and Ed Kelley were hosts for a dinner and reception in their new home downtown in the Block 42 condominium development. The party was held on behalf of the Fund for American Studies, a Washington-based group. Co-hosts were Nancy and Mark Stansberry. He is a member of the fund's board of trustees. The fund, in existence since 1967, places college students in internships and other programs ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Action Movie Review: Mike and Melody discuss Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (Fond du Lac Reporter) 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 (Abigail Breslin) is a grade-school girl with aspirations of one day being a famous journalist. Mike: Her dad (Chris ODonnell), owns a car dealership, but ends up losing it due to the tough financial times of the entire country. He leaves for ... us.rd.yahoo.com
All dolled up for American Girl Night (Albany Times Union) Usually, when people hear that American Girl will be playing a major role in a Saratoga Performing Arts Center event, an older crowd files to the amphitheater to watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tear up the stage.Not this time. A younger (female) crowd, possibly with dolls in tow, will be filling SPAC tonight. From 6 to 8 p.m., is "American Girl Night," which precedes the New York City ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Mich. doll clothes maker guilty of tax evasion (Detroit Free Press) GRAND RAPIDS — A former maker of clothes for the popular American Girl dolls who authorities said disguised personal expenses for a Lincoln Town Car as the cost for five used sewing machines has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. us.rd.yahoo.com
"Anne of Green Gables" Turns 100 (Newsweek) 'Anne of Green Gables' turns 100 this year, but she's the most modern girl in the bookstore. us.rd.yahoo.com
Greenville doll clothes maker admits tax evasion (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A former maker of clothes for the popular American Girl dolls who authorities say disguised personal expenses for a Lincoln Town Car as the cost for five used... us.rd.yahoo.com
'Kit' costumes transcend time as styles change (El Paso Times) NEW YORK -- Despite her cloche hat, feed-sack dresses and obsession with a relic known as a typewriter, modern girls might see a lot of themselves in Kit Kittredge, the Depression-era living doll in the new American Girl feature film. us.rd.yahoo.com
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