Meet Lea (doll giveaway!)

American Girl doll GOTY 2016 Lea
It's time to meet Lea Clark, American Girl's 2016 Girl of the Year! Lea is a photographer and an animal lover who likes to travel and explore. In Lea's 2-book series, girls can read about Lea's adventures when she goes to visit her older brother Zac in the Amazon rainforest. I went to the American Girl Store in Palo Alto to get a closer look at Lea and take some photos to share with you! Keep reading to find out more about Lea and her collection -- and enter for the chance to win a Lea doll of your own!

I think Lea is one of the prettiest Girls of the Year. She has hazel eyes and long, wavy, light-brown hair. It could be the store lighting, but it looks to me like Lea's skin tone is slightly tanned, which would make sense given that she's in Brazil. I love the way her hair curls at the bottom!
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Lea's dress is so cute, and I can totally see her wearing it to any tropical place.
Lea Clark


I was pleasantly surprised to find that Lea comes with a compass necklace and a messenger bag ( not part of her Accessory set, they both just come with the basic doll!).
Lea's messenger bag


Lea's sandals are so adorable!
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Let's take a look at some of Lea's outfits and accessories, starting with the grandest of them all, Lea's Rainforest House! This gigantic playset comes with a ton of accessories -- and for $395, it had better! Her house has a thatched roof, lantern, hammock, and so much more.
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The loft bed has bamboo railings plus bedding in bright colors. Decorations include shelves, a flower vase, a framed poster, and post cards. Lea is so close to nature, there are even tiny animals -- a blue butterfly, a parrot, and a tiny green frog -- and flit in and out of her house.
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I love, love, love this outdoor shower with mosaic tile backing! Also check out the soap-on-a-rope, seashell chimes and mosquito netting. Detail, detail, detail.
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The table and chair look like they are made with rattan, bamboo, and wood. There are a ton of native foods as well as utensils, a plate, a rice bowl, and a fruit drink. Lea can also use the table to work on her tablet and keyboard.
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A less extravagant, more practical playset is Lea's Fruit Stand, which is a relative "bargain" at $150. It includes lots and lots of pretend fruit, food, plates, utensils, a blender, baskets, counter tops, a working window, and more! (BTW check out Lea's Bahia outfit, $28 -- I would totally wear that printed top).
American Girl GOTY 2016 Lea



Here's a closer look at the fruit stand.
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Like the Rainforest House, the outside of the Fruit Stand has great detail, so girls can play from all sides. The side in the photo has a toucan perch, toucan, menu holder, and outdoor table. Girls can put decorative stickers on the side walls.
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Lea gets to explore the ocean in a clear-bottomed kayak with removable sail.  The Ocean Kayak set ($85) includes a life vest but Lea's 2 piece swimsuit is sold separately (it's part of her Mix and Match Swim Set). The sea turtle is also a separate item.
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Here's the other half of Lea's Mix and Match Swim Set ($34). Everything else in the photo is part of her Beach Accessories set.
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Lea's collection comes with not one, not two, but three plush animals! Because she's in the rainforest, the animals are also rainforest animals -- a Three Toed Sloth ($20), a Margay Cat ($20), and a Sea Turtle($18). And because no GOTY collection is complete without a worthy cause, American Girl will donate $1 to the World Wildlife Fund for each animal purchased, up to $100,000. Way to go, American Girl!
American Girl GOTY 2016 Lea


Here's Lea with her new Brazilian friends. She's wearing her Rainforest Pajamas ($24).
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Win a Lea Doll and Book


One lucky Bonggamom Finds reader will win a Lea doll and book! Enter via the Rafflecopter widget below by 1/26/2016. Good luck!
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Disclosure: Giveaway doll provided by American Girl via Weber Shandwick. The views and opinions expressed here are my own.

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84 comments:

  1. I love Lea's jungle hut and sloth! My family and I are going to try to make her hut and some of her accessories. I just love her whole collection! My daughter and I cannot wait to read her fun stories about adventure and animals.

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  2. My little lady will be 8 in November and loves art and animals. Her favorite subjects to draw are her pet chickens. We will do an art sale later this year to contribute money to the WWF. We also help wildlife by gardening organically. All the bugs, frogs and snakes that visit our yard thank us.

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  3. We love her swim set! Daughter doesnt own any of the dolls. Thanks so much for the giveaway

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  4. We will contribute by trying to put together a fundraiser through school

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  5. I love the Lea Clark's Messenger Bag for Girls

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  6. Besides her Treehouse, her kayak is pretty great!

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  7. Lea's rainforest house is very cool!

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  8. My favorite is the Ocean Kayak set. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)Hotmail(dot)com

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  9. I think my girls would all like the Ocean Kayak set.

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  10. I really like the rainforest house

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  11. I like the messenger bag!

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  12. The rainforest pajamas are my favorite.

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  13. I love the little Three Toed Sloth!

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  14. I think the sloth is cute as well as her meet outfit!

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  15. I like Lea's Ocean kayak the best along with the sea turtle
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  16. We dont live to far from the ocean so to help the WWF we always pick up our trash at the beach so it does not go into the ocean to harm the animals.
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  17. I like her purse and her little necklace!

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  18. I would support the World Wildlife Fund's mission of conserving nature by growing my own garden without the use of pesticides and buying organic.

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  19. I like the Rainforest Pajamas

    tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com

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  20. I would donate to help WWF

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  21. I love her rain forest hut and the sloth! (Tammy Horn)

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  22. We donate to WWF regularly, they are my families favorite charity. (Tammy Horn)

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  23. We donate to WWF regularly, they are my families favorite charity. (Tammy Horn)

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  24. I love her rain forest hut and the sloth! (Tammy Horn)

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  25. My favorite item in this collection is the Ocean Kayak.

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  26. We are new to AG and we love it!! This is a beautiful doll and we love her story!!

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  27. The hut and the sloth are cute. I just love this dool and what she stands for.

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  28. To give back to WWF I could give them money as I do others. Support them by buying items that give back to their organization.

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  29. To give back to WWF I could give them money as I do others. Support them by buying items that give back to their organization.

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  30. I think Lea's Rainforest House is adorable, especially the hammock and the light up lantern.

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  31. She's so gorgeous I love her whole collection especially the fruit stand.

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  32. I use AmazonSmile when I make purchases from Amazon because a percentage goes to support WWF.

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  33. I love Lea's hiking set! It's too adorable :)

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  34. Oh I really love the Sloth and Sea Turtle! So adorable!

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  35. Love her turtle bracelet, outfit and shoes! Thank you!

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  36. I would support the World Wildlife Fund's mission of conserving nature by growing my own garden without the use of pesticides and signing petitions

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  37. I like her kayak and beach outfit.
    huntandride@hotmail.com

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  38. I would donate to the Wildlife fund to help.
    huntandride@hotmail.com

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  39. My favorite item has to be her Rain Forrest House! It has so many accessories! There are so many ways to play!

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  40. I'd help by giving a donation to the World Wildlife Fund and by letting others know about the organization so that they can help too.

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  41. My daughter has her eye on the smoothie stand!

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  42. When I walk using the charity miles app, I always pick WWF. I earn them at least $.50 a day that way!

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  43. When I walk using the charity miles app, I always pick WWF. I earn them at least $.50 a day that way!

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  44. I just love the handbag she carries.

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  45. I support them too monetarily, but I think education will and is key.

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  46. the kayak is the best! how fun. Thats exactly why i love her adventourous spirit

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  47. I can teach my daughter to clean up after herself when she's outside after a picnic or a hike. I can teach her how important it is to respect animals and their habitats. Have this doll would be a great way to introduce those ideas to her and teach her why it so important to take care of our earth and the animals

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  48. Since I'm a photography enthusiast, I love her little camera.

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  49. When we visit the zoo, we purchase products that help support WWF.

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  50. I like the Brazilian friends characters.

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  51. I would donate to help the WWF! I love that American Girl is donating for each purchase of the animals! The sloth is so adorable!

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  52. I like the rainforest house and her compass necklace.

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  53. One of my favorite items of Lea's would be her Rainforest house! How cool is that!

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  54. My favorite in the collection is the Rainforest Pajamas.
    thak you

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  55. I love Lea's Mix and Match Swim Set, my daughter would love that this summer!

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  56. My favorite item in Lea's Collection has to be Lea and her Rainforest house.

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  57. To help conserve nature we pick up trash when we got for walks in parks and at the beach. We also bring reusable water bottles and pack a lunch in reusable bags. We recycle as much as we can.

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  58. We help WWF by recycling and reusing. We also cloth diaper.

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  59. I like Lea's rainforest house.

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  60. When we go to our local zoo or other stores we buy items the support WWF.

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  61. I like the sea turtle and swim set. Adorable.

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  62. I love lea and her whole theme I would buy her awesome animals and donate to wwf :)

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  63. I would like to enter the giveaway for my daughter. Lea is actually her look a like doll!

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  64. What a cool new GOTY. We have borrowed the book from the library and we're starting to read about Lea. What a thrill it would be to win the doll. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.

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  65. The Ocean Kayak set. How cool would it be to do that. I know my 6 year old would love to Kayak.

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  66. We could support WWF monetarily.

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  67. Donate to the WWF, Participate in fundraising and planting trees. Paula C.

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  68. Another thing we will be doing is planting trees. We love beautiful trees so we will be doing that around our house.

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  69. I love the sea turtle and also the kayak

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  70. My daughter loves the animals, she thinks they are so cute! I think lea's bag is adorable!!
    Thank you for the chance!

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  71. I like the sloth the most, my daughter likes her food cart

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  72. To help WWF you can donate, adopt an animal, or shop!

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  73. I would help the World Wildlife Fund's mission of conserving nature for future generations by recycling, reusing and repurposing many products found around the home.

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