Most Popular Books by American Girl

Take a peek into the past for wise and witty advice from the American Girls. Over the centuries, these girls have faced everything from brothers to bullies to boiled turnips. Their experiences have taught us how to survive and thrive. They''ve also taught us what it means to be a girl in any era: reach high, dream big, and speak out for what you believe in. With classic illustrations and memorable story moments, this book is a treasure for every American girl.

Journey to the past with the American Girl historical characters in this official coloring and activity book. American Girl historical characters have been changing the world in bold and exciting ways. From Kaya escaping captivity in another tribe in 1764 to Julie joining the boys’ basketball team in 1974, these courageous, smart, and spirited historical characters from the American Girl line have inspired girls to fearlessly express themselves. Learn about each of these amazing girls through their entertaining scenes and engaging activities focused on their lives and experiences. Recreations of the beautiful artwork from their most popular books give young artists the chance to bring these historical characters to life. Be inspired by American Girl! Favorite American Girl Characters Over a dozen beloved historical characters are featured: Kaya, Felicity, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Rebecca, Kit, Nanea, Molly, Maryellen, Melody, and Julie. Memorable Moments Relive favorite moments from the American Girl historical novels and bring them to life with crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Over 25 Activities Dive deeper into the lives of the American Girl historical characters with fun activities based on their adventures.

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"Delicious recipes for holidays & fun occasions"--Cover.

In the second book in her series: Joss Kendrick is always looking for new ways to soar. So when her cheer team needs a new flyer, she can''t wait to step up (literally). Her high-flying skills on her surfboard and skateboard make her a natural for the role. But when her skateboarding act at the talent show turns into a total catastrophe -- make that a dogtastrophe -- Joss loses her confidence all around, even at the cheer gym. The cheer competition is coming up fast, though, and her team is depending on her to nail a tricky stunt. The problem is, Joss doesn''t trust them not to drop her. She wants to do an easier stunt, but if she plays it safe, can her team still win? And if they don''t, will her team ever forgive her?

The ninth book in the bestselling series from American Girl, American Girl Holiday Baking features over 45 delicious recipes for young chefs to bake for the holidays. Inspiring photography, ideas for planning festive celebrations, and plenty of helpful cooking tips make this book the perfect gift for the budding chef in your life. During the holidays, there’s no more cozy way to spend an afternoon than in the kitchen baking treats for your family and friends! And with more than 50 enticing recipes for sweet treats to mark the season, American Girl Holiday Baking is the perfect inspiration for young chefs everywhere. From mouthwatering Thanksgiving pies to spectacular Christmas cookies, winter-themed cupcakes, chocolate candies, and nut brittles, there’s a special treat to celebrate every occasion during the winter season. In these colorful pages, aspiring young chefs will find fantastic ideas for home-baked gifts that are perfect for sharing, plus decorating tips, packaging ideas, and super-fun ways to be creative—while filling the home with the wonderful aromas of holiday baking. Sample recipes include: Snowy Gingerbread Trees Hot Cocoa Cookies Peppermint Swirl Macarons Pumpkin-Spice Snickerdoodles Cinnamon-Swirl Apple Pie Chocolate-Raspberry Tartlets Holiday Star Tart Snowflake Cupcakes Sticky Toffee Puddings Sugar-and-Spice Popovers Candy Cane Bark Chocolate Walnut Toffee In addition to essential baking tips and safety knowhow, discover fun skills like piping and flooding icing, transforming sugar cookies into ornaments, frosting cakes, and rolling dough like a pro. The recipes can be made with everyday cookware and kitchen utensils. Whether you want to make spectacular cookies for a cookie exchange party, seasonal cakes and tarts for a special dessert, or homemade candies and confections for gifts, this beautifully photographed collection of recipes will become a new holiday treasure and tradition.

Celebrate you and your BFF with this keepsake journal, filled with fun quizzes, creative crafts, and questions to share. Learn all about yourself and your BFF with his fun book of quizzes, crafts, and questions, just for you to share. By journaling, drawing, and getting creative with real-life activities on each page, you and your BFF will discover each other''s unique talents and traits. So grab your favorite pen or pencil and get started creating a book that’s as amazing and expressive as you. Activities include: -All About Me and All About You fill-in pages -Friendship bracelet how-to -Guide to the best birthday EVER! -Name Game--come up with silly names for you and your friends -Quizzes like Super Girl Power, Do You Dare, Schooled in Style, and more!

Presents letters written to "American Girl" magazine from girls asking for advice about the problems they face in everyday life.

This book is packed with everything girls need to know about being a perfect party host and gracious guest. From slumber parties to holiday parties to just-for-fun parties, she''ll get step-by-step instructions for unique invitations and decorations, clever games, fun DIY projects, and delicious recipes for more than ten party themes!

2020 IBPA Awards Winner! Bake Like You Mean it! Williams-Sonoma and American Girl have partnered to bring you American Girl Baking. It''s packed with 40+ delicious, easy-to-follow recipes fit for any occasion, or just because you wanted to bake something! It’s easy to understand why baking is so much fun. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as measuring and mixing ingredients, putting dough or batter into a hot oven, watching - and smelling!- the transformation during baking, and finally removing delicious sweets from the oven. But the best part is sharing the treats you made with love with your friends and family. American Girl Baking provides delicious, easy to follow recipes that everyone will love. Cookies: From cookie flower pops and cinnamon-sugar snickerdoodles to pinwheel icebox cookies to ice cream sandwiches - find something for every craving. Cupcakes: With kid-favorites flavors like PB & J, s’mores and snowball, and more adult flavors like carrot cake, red velvet, and white chocolate and raspberry, there’s something for every family member. Madeleines: Honey or orange, chocolate or vanilla, no matter what flavor they are- madeleines are a delicious and dainty treat! Baking: A wide range of sweets as diverse as chocolate truffles, rocky road fudge, fruity turnovers, caramel-glazed blondies, and everything in between. Whether you follow each recipe step-by-step or add your own unique twist, baking is a great opportunity to let your personality shine and to create mouthwatering goodies. The American Girl Baking book goes with the exclusive line of bakeware products from Williams-Sonoma and American Girl, but these delicious recipes can be made with the utensils you already have in your home.

Young chefs can learn essential kitchen skills while creating teatime recipes—including cakes, biscuits, scones, savory tea sandwiches, and more. With mouthwatering treats like vanilla-rose teacakes, strawberry shortcakes, and chocolate palmiers to more traditional tea-party fare such as cucumber-mint sandwiches, berry-studded scone bites, and buttery shortbreads, this collection of fifty recipes will appeal to kid chefs of all skill levels. This beautiful cookbook also features easy-to-follow instructions, inspiring full-color photography, and fun ideas for creating different tea parties—including a cozy tea for an after-school playdate, a festive holiday tea party, an al fresco gathering with iced tea and summer treats, and more—that celebrate this beloved and timeless tradition. “Even the pickiest of eaters will find something to enjoy in one of the six cookbook sections . . . The recipes range in complexity from the straightforward Ham & Cheese Tea Sandwiches to the more laborious Summer Fruit Buttermilk Tart.” —School Library Journal

More than fifty recipes for kid-friendly dishes that highlight seasonal ingredients to inspire young chefs to learn about eating—and cooking—nourishing food. Garden to Table features more than fifty sweet and savory recipes that transform fresh produce into delicious dishes—like whipped-cream cake with layers of berries; mini peach and cherry pies; pink-frosted strawberry cupcakes; sweet potato skins topped with melted cheese; tempura fried string beans with yummy dipping sauce. In addition to essential cooking tips and kitchen safety knowhow, discover fun skills like using a vegetable peeler to “shave” veggies and tips for creating an indoor kitchen herb garden. Whether you want to make the perfect after-school snack for yourself, a decadent dessert for a party with friends, or dinner for your family, this beautifully photographed collection of recipes will inspire you to cook your way through the seasons—and through each chapter, from the veggie garden and berry patch to the fruit orchard and citrus grove. With this garden-to-table adventure, become a pro at transforming beautiful fresh fruits and veggies into super-delicious baked treats and meals.

The go-to guide for girl bakers who want to share the fun homemade cookies—featuring more than sixty recipes, plus decorating tips and more! American Girl Cookies is chock full of recipes for one of America’s favorite sweet treats, from classic favorites to contemporary creations. Chewy, crunchy, gooey, or crumbly, choose from a delectable collection of drop cookies, sandwich cookies, cut-out cookies, brownies, and bars—like cinnamon-y snickerdoodles; chocolate sweetheart sandwiches; lemon squares studded with coconut; brownies covered in gooey chocolate frosting; rainbow sugar cookies; and cookie cutouts decorated with every kind of sprinkle! In addition to essential baking tips and safety knowhow, discover fun skills like piping and flooding icing, making natural food dyes, and rolling and storing dough like a pro. Whether you want to bake the perfect after-school snack, fun desserts for a party, or a dozen special treats to gift and share, this beautifully photographed collection of recipes will inspire you to bake cookies for any and every occasion. This guide has everything you’ll need to become an expert cookie maker in no time. So grab your friends, your rolling pin, and get baking!

Inspiring recipes to help you surprise a parent with breakfast in bed, host an epic next-day sleepover brunch party, or improve your smoothie game. From muffins and pancakes, to cheesy egg sandwiches and cinnamon rolls, there’s something everyone will enjoy. This cumulative book starts with Breakfast Basics: a chapter dedicated to all the essentials to making a stand-out spread, including Easy Fried Eggs, Basic and Lemon-Poppy Seed Waffles, and four kinds of muffins. Next up is Sweet Treats, which is chockfull of favorites like Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Sweet & Savory Mini Scones, and other goodies. Discover yummy additions to round out your breakfast, such as Maple-Glazed Bacon, a Coffee-Free “Latte,” and other drinks in Tasty Extras. You’ll find delicious and wholesome options in Good for You, such as a sweet Coconut & Chia-Seed Pudding and homemade granola. Egg-cellent Eats offers eggs in all forms: scrambled and wrapped inside Breakfast Burritos, fried inside a Toad in a Hole, and so much more. Gather your friends for some Crowd Pleasers that no one can resist, like Peach-Blackberry Crisp and PB&J Paninis. American Girl Breakfast and Brunch goes with the exclusive line of cookware products from Williams Sonoma and American Girl, but these delicious recipes can also be made with the utensils you already have in your home. This companion title to American Girl Baking will be a staple in the kitchen for your little chef.

There’s cupcake fun for everyone in this delightful cookbook with more than fifty easy-to-follow recipes from the classic to the fantastic! Celebrate the joy of girlhood with delicious treats that are just as fun to make as they are to eat. Try carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, devil’s food with easy chocolate ganache, or cupcakes with flavors like rocky road, cookies-n-cream, chocolate banana cream pie, salted caramel, blackberry coconut, cinnamon roll, and brown butter-honey. Once baked, you’ll find ample inspiration for decorating your cupcakes, with everything from a simple swipe of frosting and scattering of sprinkles, to toasted coconut, marshmallows, fresh fruit, edible flowers, colorful glazes, crunchy nuts, ice cream, and more.

The cookbook that invites young chefs to develop critical kitchen skills and learn historical context for the recipes inspired by their favorite dolls. With sweet and savory treats to bake and share—from Molly’s ice cream sandwiches to Julie’s cheese fondue, Melody’s strawberry icebox pie to Luciana’s star cookies—this collection of fifty kid-friendly recipes covers a wide range of flavors to satisfy kid chefs of all skill levels. This perfect gift for American Girl fans features colorful pictures of the dishes and characters interspersed throughout the pages and will keep kids engaged and curious. FIFTY RECIPES: Learn to make baked goods from cookies to muffins to show-stopping celebration cakes TREATS FROM EVERY ERA: From Rebecca’s early twentieth-century Challah to Joss’s Sand Dollar Snickerdoodles LEARN BAKING TIPS AND TRICKS: Master measuring, rolling, frosting and decorating! INSPIRING IMAGES: Full-color photos help ensure success OFFICIAL AMERICAN GIRL COOKBOOK: The trusted partner for families who want to raise strong, confident girls and help girls discover their sense of self “The inclusion of American Girl characters of different religious and ethnic backgrounds is a strong point. Some of the recipes evoke their strong cultural ties, such as Rebecca Ruben’s Potato Latkes and Josefina Montoya’s Mexican Wedding Cookies.” —School Library Journal

A look behind the scenes at turning the Molly American Girl books into a television movie, "Molly : an American girl on the Home Front."

Coconut''s golden rules for life.

Over fifty kid-friendly recipes for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, tarts, and icy treats for enjoying during the summer months. From Mermaid Ice Cream Pops and Frozen Lemonade to Watermelon Cake and Day-at-the-Beach Cupcakes, American Girl Summer Treats offers an enticing collection of delicious baked goods and cool sweets that take full advantage of all the seasonal fruits and dessert trends of the summer months. The more than fifty inspiring recipes appeal to young chefs of all experience levels with easy-to-follow step-by-step directions, gorgeous full-color photography, helpful cooking tips, and ideas for serving and preparation. Included are no-fail instructions for mixing the perfect pie pastry, helpful cooking decorating techniques for a summer cookie plate, and how to make ice cream from scratch. Whether you want to celebrate the Fourth of July, cool off with a poolside Piña Colada, or throw an ice cream party, this book will inspire you to make the most of any summer’s day. Praise for American Girl Summer Treats “Summer looks a lot sweeter.” —Red Tricycle “This book will definitely become a favorite.” —Babies to Bookworms

Featuring more than 50 recipes for kid-friendly dishes from different countries, American Girl Around the World Cookbook will inspire young chefs to taste and learn about new cuisines while perfecting kitchen skills. In this fifth cookbook from Williams Sonoma and American Girl, aspiring cooks will expand their culinary knowledge and palate—and discover a world of savory and sweet delicacies like mini meatballs from Sweden; fresh spring rolls from Vietnam; pad thai from Thailand; tikka masala from India; paella from Spain; kiwi and berry pavolvas from New Zealand; sticky toffee pudding from Great Britain, and so much more. The easy-to-follow recipes are organized by type and span the globe—from France to Brazil, Turkey to Argentina, Italy to India and beyond—giving kid cooks an opportunity to learn how people eat all over the world. An illustrated map with flags, colorful illustrations featuring passports, and party ideas for sharing these worldly recipes with friends round out the collection. Small Plates & Snacks Bite-Size Falafel (Middle East) Vietnamese Veggie Spring Rolls (Vietnam) Tex-Mex Chicken & Black Bean Nachos (Mexico) Swedish Meatballs (Sweden) Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce (Southeast Asia) Roasted Red Pepper Humms (Middle East) Tzatziki with Pita Triangles (Greece) Tandoori Chicken Wings (India) Brazilian Cheese Puffs (Brazil) Beef Empanadas (Latin America) Asian Veggie Dumplings (China) Veggie Sushi Hand Rolls (Japan) Souvlaki (Greece) Moroccan-Spiced Chicken Skewers (Morocco) Potato Latkes (Eastern Europe) Cheese Fondue (Switzerland) Soups & Sandwiches Veggie Banh Mi (Vietnam) Ramen Noodle Bowl (Japan) Chicken Shawarma Pita Pockets (Middle East) Smorrebrod (Denmark) Tomato Gazpacho (Spain) Pasta & Bean Soup (Italy) Tortilla Soup (Mexico) Avocado & Black Bean Tortas (Mexico) Cubanos (Cuba) Matzoh Ball Soup (Eastern Europe) Rice & Noodles Pad Thai (Thailand) Japchae (Korea) Bucatini all’Amatriciana (Italy) Simple Fried Rice (China) Arroz con Pollo (Latin America) Couscous with Apricots & Almonds (North Africa) Chicken Chow Mein (China) Hawaiian Fried Rice (Hawaii) Pasta with Pesto (Italy) Chicken Tikka Masala (India) Chicken, Broccoli & Cashew Stir-Fry (China) Vegetable Paella (Spain) Drinks & Desserts Mexican Chocolate Pudding (Mexico) Hawaiian Shave Ice (Hawaii) Kiwi & Berry Pavlovas (New Zealand) Pineapple-Coconut Smoothie (Southeast Asia) Black Forest Cake (Germany) Chai Milkshake (India) Tres Leches Cakes (Latin America) Sticky Toffee Pudding (Great Britain) Watermelon-Lime Refresher (Mexico) Krembo (Israel) Mango Lassi (India) “Marshmallow” Pudding (South Africa) French Apple Tart (France)

This do-it-yourself card kit includes everything a girl needs to make 20 sparkle cards. The 64-page book shows girls just how easy it is to turn a plain piece of paper into a glittery greeting card. It includes step-by-step instructions, advice on writing greetings, and ideas for more than 50 sparkle card creations. The Kit also includes: 4 luscious colors of microfine glitter in clear pots (8 oz. each) 20 brightly colored pieces cardstock 15 matching envelopes 4 sheets of perf-out art for decorating cards 1 sticker sheet of ready-to-use greetings 20 eye-catching jewels and rhinestones 2 1/2 feet of shimmery silver ribbon 1 sheet of illustrated vellum 6 sticker sheets to make glitter sheets 1 sheet of die-cut self-adhesive foam squares quick-drying glue with fine tip for writing and drawing 5 silver paper fasteners

Provides advice on taking care of different types of hair, instructions for a variety of hairstyles, and suggestions for all kinds of hair accessories.

Birthdays can last forever with this precious memory keeper, where girls can store photos and mementos in special pockets, write secrets, and record party plans and memories. Full color. Consumable.

This 6-inch doll brings Samantha''s world to life on a smaller scale. She arrives dressed in an outfit authentic to her era. Plus, she comes with a mini abridged version of her first book.

Girls get nearly 125 ideas about fun things to collect as well as tips on shopping for, caring for, and storing treasures. This "connectable collectible" book can be linked with other Backpack Books by a chain that loops through the cover.