She is finally here! Each year we wait anxiously to meet the 2015 American Girl Doll of the Year! This year, Grace Thomas will delight girls with her bright blue eyes, sweet freckles, long dark hair and entrepreneurial spirit! Grace, a bright young lady discovers her love of baking after a trip with her mom to Paris. While Grace was reluctant to leave her friends for the summer and hang out with a cousin she barely knows, Grace soon learns that she can step out of her comfort zone and follow her passions.
Grace Thomas comes with a charm bracelet filled with charms that play right into her story. We also get to meet a new pup, Bonbon, Grace’s French bulldog is the newest addition in the collection of American Girl pups! Grace is also available with pierced ears and comes with a set of dangly earrings including Eiffel Tower earrings! Grace’s accessories are tres-chic! With everything from clothes that would make the most stylish little French girl swoon to the La Patisserie that is complete with over 60 accessories guaranteed to ignite your daughter’s imagination! Grace arrives in a cute pink skirt complete with a grey bow, hip grey boots and a sparkly Paris t-shirt ready for fun and adventure.
The Grace Thomas book collection consists of 4 books that chronicle Grace’s adventures as she learns to navigate the world of business and friendship. The books, written by Mary Casanova (who also wrote Girl of the Year books for Jess, Chrissa and McKenna) will be a welcome collection to your daughter’s library. In these books, Grace learns to use her new found baking skills to build her own business, gain the courage to try new things and learn how important the support of friends and family are when you are following your dreams. Be on the lookout for a Grace Thomas movie on DVD this summer!
American Girl has partnered with No Kid Hungry for 2015 to bring awareness to the struggle of childhood hunger in America. 1 in 5 children in the US struggle with food stability, No Kid Hungry and American Girl are hoping that their fundraising efforts through “For Goodness. Bake!” a year long initiative will encourage girls and families across the country to host bake sales in their communities and donate the proceeds to No Kid Hungry. For every $1 raised and donated, No Child Hungry can provide a child ten additional meals! In addition, Sur La Table will host cooking classes in March 2015. These classes will offer French themed 2 hour cooking classes. Girls will have hands on instruction and learn how to make French pastries.
Grace is only here for one year but with the No Kid Hungry initiative you and your family can help make an impact that will last much longer! Want more information on how you can help?
Register for the Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry
Enter to win one of 41 Grace prize packages
Want more Grace Thomas? Don’t miss the in-store events right here in Charlotte! Over the next few months there will be great in-store events where girls can make travel tags, learn about cookie decorating and more!
Fans can also follow “In the Mix with Grace”, an online journal that will give weekly travel and baking updates as well as recipes, videos, photos and more. You can also download the new “Grace’s Sweet Shop App” from the iTunes app store.
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*I was provided with product to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
