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[[File:SamanthaStoryCollectionII.jpg|thumb|300px|Samantha's Story Collection II.]]
'''Story Collections''' are [[Historical Books|book compilations]] of a [[Historical Characters|Historical Character's]] [[Central Series]] prior to [[BeForever]] remarketing.

The first Story Collection release came in '''2001.''' These were hardback books with either an illustrated cover jacket with gold raised text or limited edition translucent vellum dust jacket that showed the character portrait underneath, both with text free character portraits underneath. The back summarized the series with another character portrait. The books have gilded-edge pages and a gold ribbon bookmark. Miniature [[Paper Dolls|paper dolls]] were included in some versions.<ref>Early versions of [[Samantha's Story Collection I]] included a sneak preview of ''[[Nellie's Promise]]'' as well a set of eight trading cards relating to [[Samantha: An American Girl Holiday|Samantha's movie]].</ref> The first endpage has an integrated book plate allowing one to label themselves as owners of the book.

The second Story Collection release came in '''2009'''. These were hardcover volumes with die-cut windows on the cover that showed images of internal illustrations along the side, with a large character image on the left front and metallic flourishes on the cut-out side. [[Julie Albright|Julie]] and [[Rebecca Rubin|Rebecca's]] story collections were only available in this style.

In both sets of story collections, only the [[Looking Back]] section from the sixth book in the central series (or "Changes For America" section) is included, if any at all.

[[Cécile Rey|Cécile]] and [[Marie-Grace Gardner|Marie-Grace]] did not have a Story Collection for their Central Series, nor did [[Caroline Abbott|Caroline]]. The launch of [[BeForever]] reformatted the books into two-book volumes (which was retained in the 2019 change to non-Beforever abridged versions), so no other characters have received (or need) Story Collections.

All of these books are now [[Retirement|retired]].

==List of Story Collections==

===[[Kaya'aton'my|Kaya]]===

* [[Kaya's Story Collection I]]
* [[Kaya's Story Collection II]]

===[[Felicity Merriman]]===

* [[Felicity's Story Collection I]]
* [[Felicity's Story Collection II]]

===[[Josefina Montoya]]===

* [[Josefina's Story Collection I]]
* [[Josefina's Story Collection II]]

===[[Kirsten Larson]]===

* [[Kirsten's Story Collection I]]
* [[Kirsten's Story Collection II]]

===[[Addy Walker]]===

* [[Addy's Story Collection I]]
* [[Addy's Story Collection II]]

===[[Samantha Parkington]]===

* [[Samantha's Story Collection I]]
* [[Samantha's Story Collection II]]

===[[Rebecca Rubin]]===

* [[Rebecca's Story Collection]]

===[[Kit Kittredge]]===

* [[Kit's Story Collection I]]
* [[Kit's Story Collection II]]

===[[Molly McIntire]]===

* [[Molly's Story Collection I]]
* [[Molly's Story Collection II]]

===[[Julie Albright]]===

* [[Julie's Story Collection]]

==See Also==

* [[The American Girls Holiday Treasury]]

==References and Footnotes==

{{refs}}
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]

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