UPDATE: More fun links with pictures of Kanani, the American Girl of the Year for 2011:
- Check out the latest photos from the catalog on Photobucket.
- And read all about author Lisa Yee’s big secret, the arrival of her own Kanani and see photos of her research for the books.
UPDATE: Since these have been on YouTube for a few days now, here are the pictures of the new American Girl Doll of the Year 2011 Kanani collection. These photos are not mine and I did not make this video – just sharing it.
UPDATE: Here is a better version of the Aloha Kanani book cover from the Barnes & Noble site (thanks AG Princess for the email):
UPDATE AGAIN (12/12/10) According to a YouTube video – the American Girl of the Year 2011 Kanani book covers look like this:
Kanani is very pretty with medium brown hair that has a wave to it. Again, these are from a YouTube video that a reader pointed us to. And I wonder if there will be a movie or TV show to go with it because it says something about directed by Camille Guiterezz in one of the last shots. Does anyone have any insight? Nevermind. That is who made the YouTube video.
The titles related to Kanani now include:
- Aloha Kanani - Our Girl of the Year loves living in a beautiful tropical setting and she especially loves sharing the wonders of her island home with visitors. So when her cousin from New York comes to stay for a month, she is excited to get to know her. But no matter what she does to help her cousin feel at home, it only seems to make her unhappy instead. Can our Girl of the Year find a way to connect with her cousin?
- Good Job Kanani – Our Girl of the Year is excited about selling shave ice to raise money for a cause she cares about. But she also cares about her best friend-and she promised they would take surfing lessons together. When our Girl of the Year can’t make time for her best friend, their friendship begins to unravel, and she finds herself spending summer days alone. Will our Girl of the Year find a way to make things right?
- Lend a Hand
- Oodles of Ocean Fun
UPDATE (10/25/10)! A sleuthy reader noticed that on the Australian version of Borders Bookstore the page title of the Girl of the Year 2011 book is Aloha Kanani, which substantiates some of the information I have read of various message boards. It looks like we will be getting a Hawaiian Girl of the Year and I am sure she will be beautiful!
Other than a title, the only info about the 2011 American Girl of the Year (GOTY) doll we have so far is that according to Amazon, Lisa Yee is the author of both books. As you may remember, Lisa Yee wrote Good Luck Ivy.
Amazon does not list a title yet, just the author info, pre-order info and a release date of January 1, 2011.
breakfast in bed is so cute. i want it for valentines day beacause its all hearts.
I love how the GOTYs don’t even come with accessories, so if you want Kanani’s you have to add 28 bucks to that a hundred.
dont you want the accesories though. i do there cute
They are cute but I’m not paying 28 dollars for them. They used to come with the dolls, well when I got Kailey they did. Her accessories remind me just of Kailey!
i ordered kanani already!!!!!Happy 25 birhday american girl!!!
We just ordered Kanani too. Also added in her accessories, lounge chair and the new Samantha mini doll for me.
I just ordered her aswell!! I am sooo excited!!
I stayed up until 2PM last night and I just woke up about 45 minutes ago. Kanani is so beautiful. So I can`t get her now because she is my birthday present. I absolutly can`t wait. I wish that I would be able to go on the cruise bot it is to exspensive. So then when it happens I won`t get out of school work. Ohh well, I just absolutly love Kanani.
~Cami
I stayed up to 1pm last night and woke up at 6am because my brother and his friend woke my mom and I up wanting breakfast.
Ashleigh
u are right i wish the accesories came with the dolls. i ordered birthstone earrings and i was wondering if anyone else has them. i am asking this because when i got the birthstone earrings i was expecting them to be for the dolls with pierced ears but they are stick on. i am sad.
did that happen to anyone else reading this , please comment and help me…..
i heard that american girl is working on making a rachel doll is that true? i hope i would totally get her…
i ordered her last night at midnight i was soooo happy!!!! well more like 11:45 but oh well and i got the email she is in the mail today!
I think the new PJ’s are soo cute!! I especially love the boots!!!
I’m gonna go ask my parents if I can buy her. Should I get her starter collection or just her? i kinda just want a new doll but her accessories are cute and my other GOTYs all have swimsuits and my Kailey doll has a surf board too.
Omg plus Kailey has a dog too! I want to get her starter collection because it is a mix of Jess/Kailey.
Do you think they will come out with other dolls for this collection too? I haven’t seen any best friend dolls in awhile.
The girl holding the Kanani doll in her pjs is the model for the pjs on the AG website
-Sigh………………….. I’m gonna miss Lanie, I’m just glad I got her for Christmas
My mom probaly won’t let me get her for 1 week!
She said I have to be sure about what I want before I use almost all of my Christmas money. I’ll just keep bringing it up and begging her to let me buy it. 
Sarah
I think they might someone on here said they might but I can’t make any promises
I hope they do though
I just emailed AG about it, no reply
Maura,
I e-mailed AG on Wensday about something and they did not e-mail back yet. I think it’s the holidays.
OMGGGG AMERICAN GIRL STILL HAS LANIE STUFF!!!!!!!! GO ON AG.COM THEN CLICK SEARCH THEN TYPE LANIE AND HER OUTFITS R STILL THERE!!!!!!!
If Ameican Girl is reading, I wish they would also offer a Mexican cruise to the people who live on the West Coast. Airfare from California is almost $600 per person so that makes the cruise just out of our price range.
does anyone know if there is also going to be a rachel doll even if she comes in the future???
No, there won’t be a Rachel doll.
Salli, if you consider that the cheapest rooms on the cruise are about $900a person, then that alone is out of most people’s price range.
do you know for sure that there will not be a rachel doll?? i have had many people tell me that there is going to be one in the future this year. do you have a connection with ag???
They’ve never released a doll for less than a year. It would be a bit stupid for them to do so, becuase they have to design a doll only to sell her for less than 6 months.
Also, Rachel is 12. A 12 year old does not look like a 10 year old.
And no, I have no inside knowledge of this. I can easily tell that the best friend line is a fail, because there is no clothes for them, no furniture, no real accessories, and…
“Gwen & Sonali were a big fail. They were still sold for a month in 2010, there were many of the dolls sold at the outlet sale, and I’m willing to bet they stripped Gwen of her dress (which is why so many dresses were available this year), and sold Gwen as MyAG 12.”
Quoting myself from December 31.
Thank you…. i guess we can just hope that a rachel doll is made soon. they did look the same age on the ecard. do u know for sure that she is 12 years old.
I sat down and read some of the book last night in a bookstore. It says something like the last time Kanani saw Rachel, she was 6 and Rachel was 8.
maybe a friend doll would sell a bit better because of the 25 birthday…?
oh then okay thank you… if a rachel doll was made would you buy her. do you have kanani.
I ordered her yesterday morning.
I would not buy a Rachel, but I am a bit biased as I think the best friend line is useless. For reasons that I stated.
I did buy Sonali, but I changed her character to be Layla Asim, based on my friend, so if they did make a Rachel and I bought her, I’d probably do the same thing.
Ahhh!!!! that’s so cool!!!!! i have to get that doll!!!!!!!!!!
My feeling with Kanani is as such: I’m not going to get her unless I win her for free from the contest. I felt the same way about Lanie last year. She’s cute, yes, but not enough for me to be really sad if I didn’t get her (which I didn’t). Same here.
HOWEVER, I love her clothes and accessories. I am most definitely buying her pjs, her aloha outfit, her lounge set and maybe her bathing suit set when I go to the AG place over February vacation.
rachel,
would you buy a rachel doll if american girl did decide to make one. my name is rachel also so if they did make one i would buy her and her collection.
It is possible for a 12 year old to look like a ten year old…..when i was 12 people thaght i was in grade 5 or 6 instead of grade 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah and when I was 10 everyone that didn`t know who I was always guessed that I was 12. So yeah, it`s possible. I realle wish that they did.
~Cami
ya i agree lots of 10 year olds look like twelve
I actually think we have enough blue eyed blondes. I want a bangless browneyed brunette! There is absolutly none in AG’s entire line up, MyAG, Historical, or GOTY!
there is one doll #29 but she is layered brown hair, medium skin and brown eyes (no bangs also)
Let me clarify: LIGHT skin. Its the most common combo among white girls, and yet AG doesn’t have it.
Okay, I hope that the new Historical Character looks exactly like me. I got color contacts and they make my eyes go from blue to gray. Apparently they only had the type I needed in gray. I liked my eyes better blue. Oh well. Plus yesterday I got my hair layered and lightened.
So know My Dream AG Doll That Looks Exactly Like Me (MDAGDTLELM) HAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Layered blonde hair that can de easily become wavy by curling it. Gray eyes, light skin w/ freckles.
I am so excited about the new Historical Character.
~Cami
OH MY GOSH GUESS WHAT I GOT KANANI!!!!! SHE IS SO CUTE!!!!i LOVE HER!!!!(SORRY I`M TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS I`M JUST SO EXCITED)
Kylie- in answer to “would I buy a rachel doll?”
Well, actually, Rachel isn’t my real name, but I think it would be interesting to see an older AG doll.
They won’t come out with her though because A. a twelve yr old doll is too “old” for 8 yr olds and B. They would’ve released her Jan 1st.
They’re making a new historical charcter????? when?!?
I am thinking the historical will be coming out in march but i cant say for sure….Rachel somtimes they leave them as a suprise and realease another friend or cousin doll in the spring…
HI
OMGGGG I CANT WAIT TILL THE AG STORE IN VA
WOOOOWWWW IM THE 800 COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANYWAYSSSSS I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A FRIEND DOLL