Kit Kittredge, an American Girl Free Printables and Online Fun

Kit Kittredge, An American Girl a new movie just out, is delighting young girls all over the world. The movie is based on one of the American Girls Historical dolls. American Girl, however, has been a household word for around fifteen years. Along with the American Girl dolls, magazine and stores, there is a whole world of learning and fun with the American Girls historical characters. Each of the nine American girls is 10 years old, but comes from a different time period, life and culture. American Girls began in the early 1990s with five girls.

Felicity Merriman, a 1774 colonial girl

Kirsten Larson, a Swedish immigrant girl in 1854 who travels west

Addy Walker, an African American girl in 1864 during the the Civil War

Samantha Parkington, is an orphan girl adopted into a wealthy family living in New York city in 1904

Molly McIntyre, a WWII homefront girl

Josephina Montoya, a hispanic girl living in New Mexico in 1834

Kaya, a girl of the Nez Perce living in 1764

Kit Kittredge, a girl living during the depression in 1934

Julie Albright, a girl living in 1974

American Girl stories are a unique blend of history (without being too dry and dull) and narrative (without being unrealistic or fanciful). Each girl is depicted as a typical child of the era. All the historical events of the day affect the girls' lives. The stories are woven with allusions to events, people, ideas, issues and culture of the day. In the back of each book is little compendium showing and explaining tools, artifacts, toys, household items that were a part of each girl's world.