STUDIO CITY (KCAL9) — This January, kicking off American Girl's 25th birthday celebration, is the debut of Kanani Akina, the 2011 Girl of the Year, whose story takes place in the lush tropical ...

American Girl was first marketed in 1986 by the Pleasant ... limited-edition dolls, like Hawaiian doll Kanani, that are on the market for only a year, also are valuable.

(This year it’s Kanani who shares the aloha spirit of Hawaii.) The stories of the dolls do make for good reading, and American Girl rightfully touts itself as a “publishing powerhouse ...

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser is giving away two American Girl Kanani dolls to the age-group winners of our design-an-outfit contest. 1. Ages 8 years old and younger: Use the muumuu outline ...

Former Boston academics Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith explore American Girl’s lingering impact on history, ...

Following several other dolls of East Asian heritage, including 2011 Girl of the Year Kanani Akina, the company unveiled Z, a Korean American doll launched as part of the standing American Girl ...

American Girl has just launched their latest “Girl ... From 2006’s Jess McConnell, who was half-Japanese, to 2011’s Kanani Akina, who was part-Japanese-Hawaiian, to last year’s Corinne ...

like Hawaiian doll Kanani, that are on the market for only a year, also are valuable. American Girl dolls and accessories that have sold on eBay in the last three months include: American Girl was ...

Kanani Akina, who was part Japanese-Hawaiian, in 2011; and last year’s Corinne Tan, the first Chinese American “Girl of the Year.” In a nod to its newest character, American Girl said it ...

American Girl was first marketed in 1986 by the Pleasant ... limited-edition dolls, like Hawaiian doll Kanani, that are on the market for only a year, also are valuable. Levine does a lot of ...