Youth Services News Article: The Enduring Nostalgia of American Girl Dolls - Smithsonian Magazine

[Brynn Cole]

Our kids still consume the books voraciously and pre-pandemic American 
Girl said they would give libraries discounts on their books but not the 
dolls, so we didn't ever get any of the dolls...

Brynn Cole,
Youth Services Librarian
Corrales Community Library



On 2022-06-08 13:49, Osterloh, Cassandra, DCA wrote:
> Good article.
>  The Enduring Nostalgia of American Girl Dolls | History | Smithsonian
> Magazine [1]
> 
>  Personally, I'm a little too old for American Girl dolls (so sad),
> but daughter is not (she's 20). She has many (OK, they're probably
> partly mine, too).
> 
>  Question of curiosity - does anyone have a doll or dolls for
> checkout? The article mentions that there are some libraries that do.
> When I worked at the NHCC, we had the whole Josefina collection (doll,
> books, furniture, accessories) in the archives. It was donated by Dr.
> Nunn who had been on the advisory committee for the doll. We never
> loaned it out while I was there.
> 
>  Cassandra E. Osterloh, MLS, MA (Cherokee Nation)
> Pronouns: she, her, hers​
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