Thanks to tips from a few readers, they noticed that Amazon updated the American Girl Caroline Abbott books collection with photos of the book covers today. These are still considered Pre-Order until September 4, 2012, but Amazon is still has the best prices on them. I just ordered the Boxed Set, Mini Doll and Color & Craft Book.
The following are the titles Amazon has now – descriptions are from Amazon.
Caroline’s Boxed Set with Game
Meet Caroline! Book 1
Caroline’s Secret Message – Book 2
A Surprise for Caroline – Book 3
Caroline Takes a Chance – Book 4
Caroline’s Battle – Book 5
Changes for Caroline – Book 6
Caroline Mini Doll
Caroline’s Play Scenes & Paper Dolls: Decorate rooms and act out scenes from this character’s stories!
Caroline’s Color & Craft
I am looking forward to reading Caroline’s stories and will decide if she will be added to our collection once Natalie and I have both read them. How about you?
I don’t know if anyone knows yet, but it seems that they are getting a gingerbread making kit for the MyAG dolls! They are also releasing two new holiday dresses, pajamas, some casual outfits, plus the stuff for the Bitty Baby/Twins.
Tuesday will be lots of fun! :]
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I love AG!!!! Thats all I can say right about now. I am So hiped up about all the going to be news releases. I can’t wait to go to the AG store to see the new stuff!!!!!
Tuesday will be lots of fun! SCHOOL BOOHOO
I don’t like the mini Caroline much, because she looks like she went to a tanning booth. But this is just my opinion. The books look REALLY awesome! It’s like Caroline is a spy! My sis has the same name as her, and if she JUST looked like Caroline’s friend, Lydia she would be a doll of my sis!
Cool! I love the mini dolls!
The cover artwork is amazing!
Char, r u going to have September photo contest be about school?
qtlol10 – yes I will. I haven’t decided when to start it yet. Probably around the 7th or so though.
The artwork on her books is beautiful. Much better than MG/C’s illustrations.
I ordered Caroline and some of her stuff from a personal shopper! So excited!
I want that mini doll. If I cant get full sized I want the mini ones. Santa please!!
I also pre-orderd the book set from amazon and can’t wait to read Caroline’s story. My girls and I are eagerly awaiting Tuesday when the new items are released.
i cant wait to read them! my library already has the books on pre-order!!!
I ordered one set for my daughter and one set for my daughter’s elementary school. The librarian has a group of girls who love the AG books and she was happy to be able to tell them that she knew about the new doll and knew we would get them as soon as possible. I love hearing that girls will be interested in the books.
I like the story line and everything,but,and this is very random,I hate the pink color of the books!
i think from the summarys of her books shes very brave cant wait to read em! i wish september 4th would come faster
Lol. Pink was a boy color when Caroline was growing up. That changed sometime in the 40s or 50s.
Red was seen as heroic and masculine, and boys were dressed in a softer shade of red – pink. Blue was seen as soft and feminine, and its what girls were dressed in.
also is it just me or does the Caroline mini doll look a little wierd?
^The pictures a over saturated. She does no really look that dark.
The cover artwork is amazing!
Her hair looks kind of over curled.
But other than that she’s sooo cute!!
@Lena, but Kit was a Tom boy, and she hated pink. She was from the 30s. So did it change then?
I love your Gravatar, Maddie!
I have been seriously looking into getting that doll.
It started around then. I can’t recall the earliest reference I have to it, but I believe it was around the 20, with the pink for girls thing really picking up after the war.
Besides, there is always a color you just don’t like.I happen to dislike pink,, but consider myself a girly-girl.
Oh Ok Lena. I’m a girly girl, too.
It’s actually a myth that pink was a boys color and blue was a girls color. Up until the 20th century, babies and children were pretty much all dressed in white or dressed in colors without regard to their gender. There wasn’t a such thing as a ‘girl color’ or ‘boy color’.
Actually, that’s not completely true – if you read Little Women, which was written in the 1860s, it talks about twins being distinguished by a pink ribbon for the girl and a blue for the boy, but they call it ‘French fashion’ so it wasn’t something done in the US at the time.
I need to get her book series! I’m 12, so I’m definitely ready for these books!
I have refrences Eva. They did use pink for boys, just not for baby boys.
When are they releasing her and the new items?
September 4
Why did SamanthParckition,NellieO’malley and Kristen Larson,Fecilty Mearim,ElizebethCole retire them.
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I love blue, and I’m a tomboy. I’m not a huge fan of pink. Anyway, Caroline’s Battle looks super intresting to me. I’m also gonna get the mini-doll.
Lena-That’s what I was thinking.
I like pink a lot and all but American Girl used to use softer colors like mauve, hunter green, light blue, etc. But I feel like there making AG a bit more…prissy. Who else agrees?
Beautiful, all I have to say.
I’m looking at a document I have of every AGT/JLY/MyAG thing AGs ever made, and I have to say 2006-2007 was the worst offender in term of pinks and pastels. They’ve gotten better at keeping those colors to a minimum. Caroline’s collection does have some jewel tones in it too.
agreed Lena Caroline actually has many blues and yellows only two pink outfits. I really love the new MYAG items as there are more blues and purples as well as some reds. looks really nice!
i preordered carolines books paper dolls and stuff.
Lena & Annebelle-Yes,but I just really feel like the whole collection is kinda some-how, modern. The meet me outfit doesn’t really look like something someone in 1812 would wear. Also, she would have her hair up, not down. Marie-grace and Cecile’s bed looks kinda like a disney store bed. And looking at the old images of american girl in like, the 90′s and early 2000′s, pleasant company was doing a way better, more accurate job then mattel.
M, everything in her collection IS accurate. It is NOT modern at all… AG did their research well. Yes, Pleasant Company was a bit better, but with Caroline, they did an EXCELLENT job. MG/C…. I love them but there were a few flaws.
I think Caroline and her collection are great!
M, like Teeny said, the clothes are accurate. And for her age, she would not have worn her hair up. She’d only start doing that when she became of marriageable age. HOWEVER it does bug me that the style for little girls was short hair, grown out longer at around 12 so she could start putting it up at around 15. BUT not every one followes fashion like that, so I can accept long hair for a 10 year old in 1812.
Teeny & Lena — I love everything you’ve posted about fashion circa 1812. I will be sewing for my daughter’s Caroline doll and although it’s for play, it’s nice to be a bit more historically accurate than not. Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned.
You’re welcome! I’d suggest going on deviant art . com, and searching for “tadarida” she draws gorgeous fashions from almost every period in history. I admit they’re adult clothes, but until recently kids dressed like mini-adults. They can give you some more ideas about sewing for your DD’s Caroline (or other dolls, if you’re like me and can’t stop staring at some of the other outfits
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Lena and teeny-I suppose. Oh well, I’m just not a fan and I feel like mattel is getting rid of too many of the old dolls. And I have a question; One of my friends saw on a website that July of next year, Molly is going to be retired. Just wondering if anyone knows if this is true or not
M – I could be wrong, but I think Molly is the next to be retired.
I think Molly will be, but sometime in 2013.
Leaving room for maybe 2014, a 50s doll.
I think that since we have no news that AG is retiring a doll this year so I expect that Molly would either be retired next holiday season or mid next year.
Its speculation for now, nothing more. But I do think Molly’s next to go, seeing as how her collection is very 1950s (styles didn’t really change much postwar 40s until early 1960s)
Char, Delaney, Annebelle, and Lena-Aw
That’s sad…shes my favorite. Well,thanks anyways 
I love Caroline’s paper dolls! Hey, I’m the 100th person to comment here!