Meet Gabriela, the 2017 Girl of the Year! She’s a true talent who gets creative for a cause. The 18″ Gabriela doll has warm brown eyes that open and close, and curly dark-brown hair. She has a huggable cloth body, and her movable head and limbs are made of smooth vinyl. She comes with the Gabriela paperback book, plus her signature outfit that contains a cropped purple sweater with silver dream graphic and soft turquoise tank top, a fitted pair of dark-blue jeggings to keep her comfy, a pair of purple shoes with turquoise straps, a pink double headband, and 10 hairbands.
Gabriela is the newest doll in American Girl’s line of dolls, which depicts girls of diverse backgrounds and interests. American Girl says that Gabriela is a “true creative talent” who uses poetry to help “break down barriers” and overcome her “personal challenge” of stuttering. That is the one cool things that American Girl does. They look to include all aspects of life and help showcase that everyone has a unique story to tell. My wife and I are always happy to have our kids play with American Girl dolls. We also love reading the stories to our kids. They also read the books to us.
Speaking of the of books there will be a series of three books about Gabriela, written by Teresa E. Harris, follows Gabriela as she grows up in a family of artists and finds her voice through poetry, which helps her save her beloved community arts center from destruction. In addition to the books and doll, American Girl is partnering with Scholastic to release a curriculum program, Express Yourself, to teach poetry to students. The program will feature a poetry contest for kids to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.
Go to AmericanGirl.com to purchase the Gabriela doll and for all things American Girl.