"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," the first big-screen film based on one of the dolls, opens here Wednesday, July 2. My daughter is excited, and, frankly, so am I. In today's Post-Standard I write ...

To my ten-year-old daughter, the term “American Girl” means “that store my meanie of a mom — unlike all the other, higher-quality moms — won’t let me go near.” While we’re on the defensive, why should ...

So at least “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” has a lot more on its mind — and a much more beneficial message for girls — than last summer's candy-coated movie-based-on-a-doll, “Bratz.” ...

Abigail Breslin (at left) already is an Oscar-nominated pro â€" and she's in nearly every frame of the coming summer movie Kit Kittredge: An American Girl â€" but, refreshingly, she remains a kid even ...

Sweet, old-fashioned and sentimental to a fault, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” is “Nancy Drew” with training wheels. It’s a moist-eyed children’s comedy-drama that dares to ask how much today’s ...