MEXICO - The Mexico Public Library has announced new acquisitions.

By Tom Alesia, The Wisconsin State Journal Jul. 1--In a summer movie season dominated by brawn -- even an animated, plump panda kicks butt -- Middleton 's American Girl seems the least likely contender for big-screen attention.

By STEVE HENDRIX If there's a girl on your last-minute Christmas list, particularly one between 7 and 12, Valerie Tripp has a one-word shopping tip for you: books.

By Steve Hendrix "American Girl" author Valerie Tripp sees her mission as keeping girls connected to the realm of books and the imagination -- especially girls between the ages of 7 and 12 too quickly stampeded into the realm of mascara, txt mssging and all things boys.