The best Christmas I’ve ever had was again once I was 8. After unwrapping all of the presents below the tree, I used to be left disillusioned. Nobody had given me my No. 1 Christmas want: a Samantha doll. However then, a vacation miracle! My uncle and his husband, contemporary from one other get together, got here to my home simply as I used to be going to mattress. I can nonetheless bear in mind tearing the bell-themed paper to see the American Woman brand staring again at me from the field, and earlier than I knew it Samantha was in my arms. After that, I used to be hooked. I chased that prime by arduously saving up and shopping for Kirsten, Molly, and Felicity. Although I’d outgrown dolls by the point subsequent characters have been launched, I used to be nonetheless at all times excited to study in regards to the new dolls American Woman can be unleashing onto the world. So, whilst a 40-something mother, I used to be excited to study that the corporate introduced in the present day that the 2025 Woman of the Yr shall be Summer time McKinny!
Summer time is a 10-year-old lady rising up in Columbia, Maryland. Her aunt, a store proprietor, evokes Summer time to show her two passions in life — baking and canines — right into a enterprise of her personal. When she participates in a youth entrepreneur honest, she features new abilities and learns that persistence, compassion, and arduous work aren’t solely mandatory in enterprise however in life.
The doll has light-blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair with light-pink ends styled in two microbraids. She wears her favourite shade — rainbow… which completely counts as a shade, by the best way — and sports activities a pair of pink-and-purple ombre glasses, beaded bracelets, and platform sandals. Different equipment embody her dog-themed purse and ice cream cone-shaped tumbler. Summer time’s product line additionally options her two favourite animals: her canine, Crescent (adopted from a shelter, naturally), and Fettuccine, her aunt’s sassy cat.
“Together with her sturdy entrepreneurial spirit, Summer time McKinny, our 2025 Woman of the Yr, will resonate with in the present day’s children who’re equally decided about pursuing their passions,” says Jamie Cygielman, Common Supervisor of American Woman. “Like all of our beloved characters, Summer time’s story of perseverance and self-discovery will encourage younger followers to imagine in themselves and function a reminder that each setback is solely a stepping-stone towards making their goals a actuality.”
Summer time’s story, a full-length novel referred to as Summer time Will get to Work, was written by bestselling creator Clare Hutton Summer time and shall be out there in January 2025.
“I can’t look forward to followers to fulfill candy Summer time and uncover extra about her love of pets and baking, in addition to her motivation to start out a small enterprise of her personal,” Hutton says. “Whereas being a younger entrepreneur is difficult, Summer time learns invaluable classes about managing her enterprise and her relationships (the two-legged and four-legged varieties!) with creativity, empathy, and logic. I hope all readers stroll away figuring out that, like Summer time, after they set their minds to a dream—something is paws-ible!”
We love pet pun.
The Summer time doll shall be out there on-line and at American Woman retail shops beginning Sept. 12.
