Maplelea quality is impeccable.

The sculpting is beautifully detailed. The hair has an exceptionally realistic feel to it and perfect for styling. Outfits have finished seams, full linings, and exquisite details. If you hold a Maplelea doll in your hands you instantly see and feel a world of difference.

Maplelea is a toy with staying power.

How many other toys span such a wide age range? Children relate to dolls differently at different ages. The youngest ones like to imagine stories and adventures with their dolls, often acting out a parental or caregiver role. School-age children often like to style their hair, mix and match outfits, and assume more of a friend role with their Maplelea doll which is of a similar age. They enjoy taking their doll with them on real-life outings. They take them on holidays and day trips, to their hockey game or ballet class, all dressed in an outfit appropriate for the outing. They enjoy reading the story journal, finding out the doll's story and learning about Canada's heritage, culture and geography. Then they add to the doll's story by writing and drawing in the blank pages that come in the journal, and on the additional pages that come with each outfit and accessory. And they enjoy recording their own life story in the second section of the journal. In tween years many craft for the doll by creating doll-size accessories. As they approach teen years, they may use their doll as the focus for their photography and video stories. Indeed, the use of Maplelea dolls in creative photography and videography can often continue through the teen and adult years. In fact, some people acquire their first Maplelea doll as an adult and enjoy being part of an online community where they continue to share stories about their dolls. Some become avid collectors of Maplelea and seek to complete their collections by finding vintage or retired outfits and accessories on the secondary market. Grandparents have told us that they have acquired Maplelea, not only because they personally enjoy being part of the Maplelea world, but because it is a wonderful thing to share with grandchildren when they come to visit. Maplelea is definitely a toy that can be enjoyed in so many ways, at so many ages.

Maplelea dolls, accessories and storylines are age appropriate.

They are excellent role models for children. The Maplelea body is a realistic physical representation of a 10–11-year-old girl and all accessories and storylines are appropriate for children age 6 to 12+. Maplelea does not encourage your child to wish away her childhood, longing for the day she is older, nor does it encourage her to role play scenarios more appropriate for teens and adults.

Maplelea is a fun, interactive way to learn about Canada's culture, heritage and geography.

Through the journal that comes with the doll and the additional journal pages that come with the outfits and accessories, children will learn, in a fun way, about Canada. Some Canadian toy companies design their toys to be suitable for the general North American or international market and therefore are careful to remove all distinctly “Canadian isms” from their product. Maplelea, on the other hand, goes to great lengths to include all aspects of Canadian culture, heritage, history and geography in both the physical design of the product and the written material that accompanies it.

Maplelea Girls have considerable Canadian content.

All sculpting, designing, researching, writing, illustrating, and translation is done by Canadians.

Maplelea contributes to the Canadian economy.

Maplelea contributes to the Canadian economy by purchasing from other Canadian businesses to the fullest extent possible for products and services such as for printing, photography, translation, office supplies, accounting, tech support, logistics, delivery, etc. A purchase from Maplelea ripples through the Canadian economy and makes us all stronger.

Maplelea Girls encourage a healthy, active lifestyle.

Maplelea story lines encourage being physically active and provide great examples of the many physical activities children can become involved with at their age. Maplelea dolls provide an opportunity for children to get away from the computer screen and out being active. Maplelea dolls can go anywhere and make great travel companions.

Maplelea dolls provide plenty of scope for the imagination.

The story journal for each Maplelea Girl doll provides the doll character's back story, but there are blank pages included so that the child can continue their doll's story. The doll's section is followed by a blank section full of questions, prompts and blanks so the doll's owner can tell their own story. The story journals for Maplelea&ME! Dolls provide two blank sections so that both the doll's story and the child's story can be created. An additional blank journal page is also included with each outfit for further creativity.

Maplelea dolls are diverse:

Maplelea dolls come in a wide variety of skin tone, and hair and eye colours. Maplelea Girl dolls have backstories that represent various cultures and the Maplelea&Me! Dolls provide an opportunity for a child or adult to create their own cultural backstory for their doll. Maplelea also offers a wide and ever-changing range of cultural outfits such as Indigenous regalia, Ukrainian dancing, Lunar New Year, Highland Dancing, etc. As some outfits are retired, new ones are offered.

Maplelea is bilingual.

All story journals contain both English and French sections, except for Saila's journal which has English, French and Inuktitut!

Maplelea toys are safe.

Maplelea toys meet all Canadian and American standards and are regularly tested by independent third-party laboratories to ensure compliance.

Maplelea products are made in factories that have ethical working conditions.

Our factories are regularly audited and monitored to ensure compliance.

Maplelea Girls is a toy that will be played with today and treasured forever.