The American Girls Club Handbook

by American Girl

Paperback book based on the American Girl doll collection.

Genres: Childrens, History, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Faith Marshall]

The book was great fun and full of interesting facts even adults who have been educated on American history a half dozen times may not know, but beware: The majority of the activities in this book is also in Hand Book: The American Girls Club & Historical Society. The good thing is, seeing all these activities again should once more inspire you and get your juices going, and while the first book (Hand Book: The American Girls Club & Historical Society) did not have Josefina or tips or steps on how to have a club, this does! Again, it's great fun--even, or especially, for young adults or those who read American Girl decades ago.

[Abraham Ray]

Great read about the life and times of the American girls doll line!

[Meghan]

I don't remember American Girl clubs sweeping the nation. In my experience everyone wanted to do a Babysitter's Club. This book makes it sound like AG clubs were just as popular as Girl Scouts. There are a lot of craft ideas, though some of these came from the short stories. Sometimes the information about each time period was way too simplistic, even for the younger audience. Some of the information was just incorrect, like saying that by 1864 African slaves had been in the US for 300 years. Since the first Africans came in 1619 this is obviously false. The woman Samantha's section focused on was Amelia Earheart. She's perfect for Kit but had little relevance to Samantha. Samantha's women of note covered the whole Victorian era and most were not even famous for 1904. When they listed movies to watch for each character, some of those movies are really also books and kids would probably enjoy the books more. There were some authors I recognized.