![]() As a new character comes to life in Tripp’s mind, she finds that the historical period dictates hair styles, fashion trends, and some of the character’s personality traits. ![]() Sometimes the Pleasant Company asks Tripp to create a character for a specific period in history, like Molly and Felicity, but other times Tripp has a compelling story to tell, like Kit’s Depression Era story. Tripp has since created a series of books for five American Girl characters: Molly Felicity (from Colonial America) books four through six for Samantha Josephina (from 1824 New Mexico) and now Kit (from the Great Depression). ![]() According to Tripp, “I chose Molly because I thought it would be more of a challenge to make her time period matter to girls.” Pleasant Rowland is on the verge of launching her first American Girl dolls, and she asks Tripp to choose one doll to write about: Kirsten, a pioneer girl Samantha, from New York City at the turn of the 20th century or Molly, on the home front in World War II. Leaning back in their chairs, feet on desks, they’re brainstorming about writing books for girls, about girls, set during different historical periods.įast forward to 1984. Imagine Valerie Tripp and Pleasant Rowland (future founder of the American Girl Collection) taking a break from the reading program they’re creating for an educational publisher. ![]()
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