Collecting American Girl Dolls is a wonderful way to teach young children about early American history.  The Dolls are representations of the characters in the American Girl series books.

There are three types of American Girl Dolls to collect.  There is the historical collection.  Such as, Felicity, who is a Colonial girl in 1774.  There is also American Girl Today girl who represent girl of the modern era.  These dolls are available in a variety of eye, skin and hair color so they will resemble the children who collect them.  Finally there is a line of dolls called Bitty Babies which are baby dolls and a re much smaller than the 18 inch American Girl Dolls.

Once you consider which time period your child might be most interested in you will have thousands of choices to make.  The American Girl Dolls have period correct clothing including matching clothing for your child.  Games, ornaments, stocking stuffers and tons of other things can be purchased. 

American Girl has a website for all their current offering at www.AmericanGirl.com.  We have found that the internet has the best deals though; check out www.American-Girl-doll.net for new and retired items.