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  • Kirsten Larson's first poem recitation for school is a set of verses from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
  • Samantha Parkington's favorite book is Wizard of Oz.
  • Rebecca Rubin's favorite book is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
  • Claudie Wells' reads The Brownies' Book, gets a Babe Ruth bar when she takes her little brother to see Joe Williams in the Lincoln Giants baseball game, and then goes to visit her mother at work at the Amsterdam News. She also learns When the Saints Go Marching In on cornet.
  • Kit Kittredge is inspired by Amelia Earhart and wants to be like her, her favorite baseball player is her Ernie Lombardi, and her favorite book series is Robin Hood.
  • Nanea Mitchell's favorite book series is Nancy Drew.
  • Molly McIntire's favorite actor is Shirley Temple.
  • Maryellen Larkin's favorite shows are Davy Crockett and The Lone Ranger.
  • Melody Ellison enjoys music, including 60s protests songs like "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and she takes joy in listening to Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech.
  • Julie Albright enjoys reading Little House on the Prairie, her favorite song is "Julia" by The Beatles (band), and she enjoys watching The Brady Bunch.
  • Courtney Moore's favorite arcade game is Pac-Man, her favorite song is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, she watches My Little Pony, she has pajamas of Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, and she ironically has her own American Girl doll of Molly McIntire.
  • Isabel Hoffman's favorite show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and she and her friends are huge fans of Spice Girls, and she is also into Backstreet Boys, and they are into N Sync.
  • Nicki Hoffman's favorite show is The Powerpuff Girls, and she enjoys rock and grunge bands like No Doubt.
  • Gabriela McBride dances to "You Can't Stop the Beat."
  • Blaire Wilson's family inn is called Pleasant View Farms, which is named after Pleasant Rowland, the original creator of American Girl.