#and the samantha american girl books

[samantha-and-nellie]

imagine if we got a mystery from nellie’s perspective

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

American Girl Birthday Book featuring Samantha

mid-late 1990s

Found on Ebay, user joshnjodi510

[the-halfling-prince]

yeah.

[britishchick09]

the ag lineup in the back of claudie's second book! ;D

[yesimwriting]

idgaf about ur star sign, which american girl doll are u

[in-pleasant-company]

The abridged version of Sunlight and Shadows has some extra illustrations in the Looking Back section.

In the first image, you can see Clara, Tia Dolores, and Papa, as well as some other women working in a garden.

In the second image, the depiction of Josefina and Teresita weaving is adapted from the illustration in Josefina Learns a Lesson. But the scene was extended with added depictions of Ana with her sons, Francisca spinning, and two other women at the loom, and sweeping in the background.

[justworthlessreblogs]

mckenna showing up in lila's book can be so personal actually

[katnissmellarkkk]

is it odd, that me, a grown woman of 27 years, has decided to buy all the american girl story collections that existed in her childhood (meaning none of the new girls that came after 2007 or so) ?

if it is, it doesn’t matter because I’m doing it anyways.

[laciedollblog]

I love you American Girl books

[cdchyld]

Just added to the Vintage shop!

~ American Girls Cook books and Craft Books - Molly, Addy, Kirsten, Samantha (1994)

[samantha-and-nellie]

“when you want to change something, you’d better be sure it’s a wise change, a change for the better”

cornelia edwards moodboard

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

American Girl Samantha Parkington books 1-6

1990s

found on ebay, user pcjdog

[opiumvampire]

i hated junie b jones i thought she was so stupid and annoying she made me want to slam my head into the wall and the thought of her made me carsick once.

[britishchick09]

fun facts from samantha, molly and courtney's new character pages! :D

Samantha’s hometown, Mount Bedford, is closely based on the real town of Mount Kisco, in Westchester County, New York. Grandmary’s house is based on a real mansion in Mount Kisco.

The architectural style of Grandmary’s house, where Samantha lives, is Queen Anne Victorian. These popular turn-of-the-century homes have an asymmetrical façade with gables, towers, porches, and balconies.

Samantha was the first American Girl character to be featured in a movie. On November 23, 2004, Samantha: An American Girl Holiday debuted on TV and played several times over the holidays. Nearly every Samantha doll and accessory sold out before Christmas!

In the Samantha TV movie, AnnaSophia Robb played Samantha and Mia Farrow played Grandmary.

Molly was one of the first three characters in The American Girls Collection, along with Kirsten and Samantha, when The Pleasant Company debuted.

The debut season of American Girl Mysteries in 2005 included a Molly mystery novel titled A Spy on the Home Front, by Alison Hart.

Molly and Nanea are the only two historical characters set in the same decade who aren’t part of the same stories like Cécile and Marie-Grace or Julie and Ivy.

In 2006, American Girl released the movie Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, which starred Maya Ritter as Molly, and a famous Molly—Molly Ringwald—as Molly’s mother, Helen McIntire.

In 1989, a special catalogue focused only on Molly was released.

Molly is the only historical character from American Girl who wears glasses.

After American Girl created a doll of Molly’s friend Emily, illustrations were revised to make the book character look more like the doll.

Many American Girl staff members grew up in the 1980s and brought in pictures and memorabilia for inspiration during Courtney’s development.

Courtney’s teacher, Mr. Garcia, was modeled on author Kellen Hertz’s fourth-grade teacher, who had a mustache, and her 7th-grade biology teacher, who wore suspenders.

Courtney’s fashions were inspired by teen magazines like Seventeen, Tiger Beat, and Teen, and the bold, bright fashions seen in MTV music videos and TV shows like Saved by the Bell. American Girl designers also researched catalogues like Sears, Wards, and JC Penney.

For the photoshoot for Courtney’s book illustrations, the crew brought in arcade games, including PAC-MAN. They had a great time playing and sharing memories of going to arcades growing up. The girl models for the photoshoot had never seen a PAC-MAN machine!

The arcade right across from the food court at the Fashion Fair Mall was modeled on an arcade at the Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno, CA, where author Kellen Hertz often gamed during the summer.

Courtney witnessing the Challenger explode on TV with her class actually happened to author Kellen Hertz, which is a big reason why she wanted to write about it.

Like Courtney’s sister, Tina, author Kellen Hertz had a huge collection of scrunchies, which her little sister was constantly taking and losing!

[roseunspindle]

What I Read in November 2022

never could find most of these as a child, so as an adult with money, I shall now read these books. ^_^’ also they are very cute. 

re-read, still fun (though not sure why Percy picked on Persephone so much?)

so I begin the trauma again... XD

this was so good, i loved “A Man Called Ove” and this book lived up to that. 

ah Ciel and the need for (slightly petty) revenge. Still not sure about someone already ranked an Earl getting to attend the school but...

I’d been reading this online and nearly given up on it, as the translators kept changing as did the quality of translation, then spotted this at walmart and happily snatched it up. ^_^ Looking forward to volume 2

the start of the Tiny Train arc XD

very fun, also kept thinking in all caps while reading this, didn’t know I could... XD 

not sure I liked the conclusion to the Fullbring arc? Though Byakuya subtly stanning Ichigo was great. 

this is one I had pre-ordered the instant i knew it was coming out. I adore it!

[theglitchos]

when i have bad days, the place i find myself going is the library down the road from the house. there's a big park on a small manmade lake of sorts, and on the opposite side is a golf course. the noise from the road is noticeable, but muted, and it's the closest i can get to "no people anywhere, just trees and birds and nature" here in the city.

i drove there as soon as i got off work, and climbed a tree to sit in til the sun had mostly set.

i wandered inside the library. not really expecting to find anything. somehow wandered to the adult graphic novel/comic book section? and ended up grabbing three, taking them to one of the sitting areas to peruse.

the first one? ended up reading the entire thing there. i almost cried? it just sorta. summarized a bunch of stuff that's been in my brain for years, even before questioning sexuality and gender and everything else. ahhhHHHHh i need a copy for myself, and it's been added to the "to buy when i move out" list.

if smolGlitch had known other folks felt like her when she was dealing with puberty and everything else, even up to university (and kinda even now?), i think a lot of the soup in my brain would have less beans.

ANYWAYS THIS BOOK IS VVV GOOD AND SHOULDN'T BE BANNED