Since 1986, the Wisconsin company has become known for fans’ ardent devotion to its line of historically accurate books and dolls. Now comes “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” starring Abigail Breslin ...

Sweet, old-fashioned and sentimental to a fault, "Kit Kittredge ... a splendid old-school cliche here) to print a word this 10-year-old has tapped out on her typewriter, her own family is up ...