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The Look Book Goes to American Girl Place

Every weekend, little girls from all over the country descend on the Rockefeller Center store.

Photo: Frankie Alduino
Photo: Frankie Alduino

Piper H. (pictured above)
Nursery schooler, Oceanside

What’s your doll’s name?
Samantha.

Why do you like her?
Because I like her.

What was that?
Because I like her.

Got it. Would you say she’s funny? Smart?
I love her.

Jordyn Kreiner

Fifth-grader, Huntington Station

Lilah DuVall

Preschooler, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Annabelle Porcelli

First-grader, Bedford-Stuyvesant


 I see you’re wearing a birthday sticker. Happy birthday!

It’s two more days until my real birthday. I’m turning 7.

I’m excited because there’s this pool, and if you’re not tall enough, your parents need to go in. But if you’re tall enough, you get to go by yourself and your parents can just relax.

Raquel Wallace

Prekindergartner, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Joi Wise

Kindergartner, New Orleans, Louisiana


How’s your trip to New York going?

We first went to Philadelphia to go to Taylor’s graduation — she’s my big cousin. She’s going to be a doctor. And then we went to New York. We walked 100 miles.

Aisling Concannon

Second-grader, Floral Park

Hayden H., Kailyn W., and Kelsey W.

Students, Oceanside and Lynbrook

Serena Ardovini

Kindergartner, Bay Ridge

Maya McGough

Second-grader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Who are you here with?

My sister, my mom, and my dad. My dad looked around and followed us wherever we went. My mom helped us pick out the stuff. I got an ambulance and a school. I thought it would be good for my American Girl doll to get to learn.

Giavanna and Madelyn Muccio

Fourth- and second-graders, Port Jefferson Station

Sydney MacKenzie

Second-grader, Kennebunk, Maine

Sierra Coners

Prekindergartner, Farmingdale


What’s the best part of being here?

The shopping. I saw the big picture of Makena and picked her. Her hair looks like mine when it’s in braids. I also got her this dress — it’s fancy and it looks like my dress. And then someone painted her nails and her toes!

Hannah K.

Prekindergartner, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Addison Venti

Second-grader, Marshfield, Massachusetts

Lia Blanco

Third-grader, Morris Park

Bhoomi Chhattani

First-grader, Hoboken, New Jersey


What do you like to do in your free time?

Come home and force Mommy to play with me. 

Janiyah B.

Second-grader, Maple Shade, New Jersey

Mara Summer

Preschooler, Upper East Side

Photographs by Frankie Alduino

Jordyn Kreiner

Fifth-grader, Huntington Station

Lilah DuVall

Preschooler, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Annabelle Porcelli

First-grader, Bedford-Stuyvesant


 I see you’re wearing a birthday sticker. Happy birthday!

It’s two more days until my real birthday. I’m turning 7.

I’m excited because there’s this pool, and if you’re not tall enough, your parents need to go in. But if you’re tall enough, you get to go by yourself and your parents can just relax.

Raquel Wallace

Prekindergartner, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Joi Wise

Kindergartner, New Orleans, Louisiana


How’s your trip to New York going?

We first went to Philadelphia to go to Taylor’s graduation — she’s my big cousin. She’s going to be a doctor. And then we went to New York. We walked 100 miles.

Aisling Concannon

Second-grader, Floral Park

Hayden H., Kailyn W., and Kelsey W.

Students, Oceanside and Lynbrook

Serena Ardovini

Kindergartner, Bay Ridge

Maya McGough

Second-grader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Who are you here with?

My sister, my mom, and my dad. My dad looked around and followed us wherever we went. My mom helped us pick out the stuff. I got an ambulance and a school. I thought it would be good for my American Girl doll to get to learn.

Giavanna and Madelyn Muccio

Fourth- and second-graders, Port Jefferson Station

Sydney MacKenzie

Second-grader, Kennebunk, Maine

Sierra Coners

Prekindergartner, Farmingdale


What’s the best part of being here?

The shopping. I saw the big picture of Makena and picked her. Her hair looks like mine when it’s in braids. I also got her this dress — it’s fancy and it looks like my dress. And then someone painted her nails and her toes!

Hannah K.

Prekindergartner, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Addison Venti

Second-grader, Marshfield, Massachusetts

Lia Blanco

Third-grader, Morris Park

Bhoomi Chhattani

First-grader, Hoboken, New Jersey


What do you like to do in your free time?

Come home and force Mommy to play with me. 

Janiyah B.

Second-grader, Maple Shade, New Jersey

Mara Summer

Preschooler, Upper East Side

Photographs by Frankie Alduino

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