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These are older news articles and information that were originally on the Main Page. News will be removed from the front page after about two months.

January 2015

January 1, 2015 / Grace's debut and other new stuff
Grace Thomas has officially debuted, along with the first part of her collection.
To promote Grace's debut, American Girl has launched a yearlong fundraising initiative, "For Goodness, Bake!", to support Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign to end child hunger in America. Those who register for the fundraising campaign (and it should be noted you must be 18 or older to register) will have a chance to win the Grace doll and meet book, the French Bakery, Bistro Set, and the matching girl's apron from Grace's Baking Outfit.
Additionally, American Girl is accepting donations on behalf of No Kid Hungry.
The My American Girl line got some new stuff:
Bitty Baby only got one new outfit:
For Bitty Twins:
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin
ETA: Excitement is always high during a new release, but we still expect the best of you. Edit properly. Nethilia, Admin of Logic
January 21, 2015 / "Personal Pictures" mean Personal, not someone else's.
Well, that came up, so now it's been addressed on Good Article Images and You!.
Do not take personal pictures from alternate sources such as eBay Auctions or other people's personal albums. Personal pictures must be taken by the uploader. Images found to be sourced to an eBay auction or other non-personal means will be removed. It's image theft. (The only noted and admin-approved exception at this time is the image on the American Girl 25th Anniversary Shirt as the item was given only to employees and so is quite rare.)
C'mon, people. Take the pics yourself. You know better.
Nethilia, Admin Who Can't Believe That Came Up

February 2015

February 12, 2015 / New stuff for all lines save Grace
Every line save Grace got new items.
For Addy:
For Rebecca:
For Kit:
For Kaya:
For Julie:
For Samantha:
New Historical Character Mysteries for Samantha, Kit, and Caroline have been released:
The following mysteries have been reprinted under the BeForever label:
Kit's Candy-Making Set, Rebecca's School Play Set, and Julie's Dance Set were broken into two separate sets: Kit's Springtime Outfit, Kit's Homemade Sweets, Rebecca's Butterfly Costume, Rebecca's Stage Makeup, Julie's Funky Flower Outfit, and Julie's Disco Accessories. Kaya's Jingle Dress of Today II was released without accessories as the Modern Jingle Dancer Outfit.
The My American Girl line got the following new items:
Bitty Baby got the following new items:
Bitty Twins got the following new set:
The same rules, as always, apply when it comes to new releases and articles: put some effort into writing your descriptions. We won't hesitate to remove poorly written edits or ban people who make repeated efforts into not putting effort into writing proper descriptions.
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin
February 20, 2015 / Book Leaks -- Truly Me and BeForever Books
Several new books have shown both on the American Girl Publishing site [1] and Amazon.com. First are three new modern-focused books:
  • Truly Me: Friends Forever [2]
  • Truly Me: School Spirit [3]
  • Truly Me: Shine Bright [4]
The books are due to be released May 2015. Along with new covers for some older craft books, this looks to be a revamping of the modern doll line, much like the switch to My American Girl. (Here at the Wiki we will still keep the category named how it is, due to the tedious tasks of redoing the category on every related page. We believe you're smart enough to know what is what.)
Josefina is finally getting her My Journey book, Song of the Mockingbird: My Journey with Josefina this August.
There have been leaks for three other books written by Valerie Tripp: The One and Only, The Sky's the Limit, and Taking Off. These look to be a new set of BeForever Character books; they are categorized on Amazon.com as set in the 1900s and to be released this August. While this is exciting news, we cannot tie these three titles to a BeForever Character or know details on the books and which is which. So please do not make articles about them yet.
Nethilia, Admin who doesn't like Rumors.

April 2015

April 2, 2015 / American Girl Nashville grand opening
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Screencap from American Girl's website showing Nashville's grand opening dates.

While the Nashville store page isn't present via American Girl's store search function, the page is live, with the grand opening set on the weekend of May 30 and 31.
A screencap on the right has been provided in the event American Girl takes the page down between now and whenever they feel like putting it back up again, probably closer to the scheduled dates.
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin
ETA: It should be noted that Nashville's grand opening dates in May was first noted in a Wisconsin State Journal article with regards to staff layoffs. The same article also quotes that the AG store in Scottsdale is set to open sometime in August.
April 23rd, 2015 / Song of the MockingBird and Maryellen on the AG Publishing Site
Maryellencat

Screencap from American Girl Publications website showing Maryellen category.

American Girl's Publication site has shown a category under the BeForever column, showing the character name "Maryellen" (one word, no spaces) between Kit and Julie chronologically. Nothing is shown in the category when clicked on, but the shell of the page is visible. There is also the category "Truly Me" in place of "My American Girl." A screencap has been provided in the event American Girl edits the page to prevent leaks or questions.
The cover for Song of the Mockingbird: My Journey with Josefina has appeared on AG's Canadian distribution site, Georgetown Publications. This have been placed on the article's page.
Again, our Wiki does not accept leaked information that is not on official sites. So no pages or add ins (and certainly no images!) until this data is more solid.
--Nethilia, who you best not finna try

May 2015

May 4th, 2015 / Caroline Archival
CarolineRetire

Sail away, Caroline!

American Girl's Facebook and Instagram account have made the official announcement that Caroline Abbott and her entire collection are to be archived. This will likely happen by August to allow the release of Maryellen. Like Marie-Grace and Cécile before her, Caroline had a three-year run.
This, unfortunately will leave a large gap between 1764 and 1824 and a large emphasis on the 20th Century. Will there later be a rerelease of Felicity or a new Historical/BeForever to later fill this? Time will tell. For now, if you don't have her or her things, start to get them before they leave!
--Nethilia
May 13, 2015 / Maryellen officially announced
Maryellen FBreveal

Maryellen's first appearance and her first book revealed

American Girl's Facebook account just revealed the first book for their newest BeForever character, Maryellen Larkin. There is still no information as to what setting her books will be set in or what her themes will be.
On this wiki we take a zero-tolerance approach on leaked information that did not come through official channels. That goes for speculating and rumor-mongering.
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin
May 21, 2015 / Truly Me debuts
So My American Girl got renamed to Truly Me. Here is the rundown on the new stuff.
New dolls:
New outfits:
New furniture and accessories:
In other news related to My American Girl/Truly Me, there is a Truly AwesoME Sweepstakes for a chance to win various prizes. The contests end August 12 and is eligible to girls ages 8-13 living in the United States who have obtained their parents/guardian's permission to participate.
Additionally, Innerstar University will be closing their doors on November 5 later this year.
As for Grace, her third book, Grace Makes it Great, finally gets released but no outfits or accessories for the time being.
Be sure to write up proper descriptions and follow the policies. We don't suffer fools gladly on this wiki.
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin

June 2015

June 19, 2015 / Grace Release and Sneak Peak for Summer Release Items
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A preview of the new release!

Several items released for Grace's collection, rounding it out for the year:
Several items are clothes and items for girls:
A sneak peek of new BeForever, Bitty Baby, Bitty Twins and Truly Me items. The BeForever release will be focused on pajamas and all new bed sets--so if you don't have older ones, pick them up if you still can.
While this is a peek, it's not officially released, so be prudent. We're watching you.
Nethilia, Admin with Attitude
June 25, 2015 / Summer release
Grace's movie is out, so go watch that. Her stuff came out last week.
As to everyone else, nearly all the BeForever save Samantha and Caroline got new bedtime sets:
Kaya:
Josefina:
Addy:
Rebecca:
Kit:
Julie:
For Truly Me:
Bitty Baby only got one outfit:
For Bitty Twins:
--AkaiKaze, the Other Admin
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