Girls of Many Lands

Girls of Many Lands is a series of eight books and dolls that spanned several counties and time periods that was released from 2002 to 2005. The entire series was aimed towards an older audience of about 12 years old; the 9 inch tall dolls were not for play, but for displaying and the books were much larger with much more detailed plots. Each doll had elaborate, non-removable outfits to resemble the outfits on the covers of their books. Each book, like the Historical Central series, has information in the back about the times.

The series was originally released with Isabel, Cecile, Spring Pearl, Minuk, and Neela in 2002; Saba, Leyla and Kathleen were released in 2003.

Theories for discontinuing mostly lean towards the collection being unpopular.

Series

 * Isabel: Taking Wing England, 1592


 * Cécile: Gates of Gold France, 1711


 * Leyla: The Black Tulip Turkey, 1720


 * Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot Ethiopia, 1846


 * Spring Pearl: The Last Flower China, 1857


 * Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway Yup'ik Alaska, 1890


 * Kathleen: The Celtic Knot Ireland, 1937


 * Neela: Victory Song India, 1939