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Not a doll, but we have lots of black little people in the toy box.

I haven't seen biracial dolls. I would go with an Asian doll if your LO has more of those features. But I'd buy her a white doll, too!

When I was trying to find a doll for my friend's biracial child (black & white), I ended up buying a doll that was in the "Hispanic/Ethnic" section to try and match her skin color.

If I have a girl I will buy her lots of different dolls- not ones just like her I think there are more companies making diverse dolls. My nanny kids and sister have loved the groovy girls. LO I nannied is Laos so she got an Asian doll and she was happy to have a doll that she said looked like her

They're also only $15-$20

http://www.manhattantoy.com/c/shop-all-dolls_groovy-girls?pp=24

Ee drooling over these etsy dolls - http://www.etsy.com/listing/96416046/ethnic-boy-doll-eco-friendly-fabric-doll?ref=related-0 I bet someone on there would make you one to fit the skin tone you're looking for!

We recently got a mini land baby doll for my friend's daughter... My son is super intrigued about race/skin colour at the moment and he was adamant that our (Indian) friend's daughter needed a baby doll that looked "pretty and brown" like her... We had real trouble finding a doll that T decreed was just right... But eventually got a Hispanic doll that actually looked quite Indian.
We have a range of dolls at home, including an Aboriginal Australian doll and an Asian doll... and lots of white baby dolls - or as T would say, pinky white dolls.

I only had time to shop at a (large) bricks and mortar toy shop k stead of ordering online, and I was really disappointed that none of the non white dolls were smiling! And they were not all that cute... Made me quite mad at the time as it seems too much of a coincidence that the 10-15 choices of non white dolls were all less attractive and grumpy looking when the 20 choices of white dolls were all smiling. Seemed to kind of defeat the purpose of making sure little boys and girls can see beautiful baby dolls like themselves!

@mrs.jacks: your blog posts about talking to kids about race have been incredibly useful to me over the past few months - thank you!!

@scg00387: those are cute! I wonder how hard it is to make a doll?

My friend's DD is also mixed and the cutest doll I found was an older version of Disney's Tiana. But I couldn't find anyone selling it for a reasonable price. I ended getting her a Yasmin rag doll from Aurora.

@mrskc: depends how intricate I'd think- here is a simple pattern for free! http://www.marthastewart.com/264299/black-apple-doll

I was just telling @runningelley we should do a HB sewalong!

@Lozza: I was just going to post the same thing.

@scg00387: sewalong! That sounds fun.

@locavore_mama: Also, what if she wants a boy doll? I wanted a baby boy Cabbage Patch Kid, lol.

And if I let her pick (when she's old enough to have an opinion), I'm afraid she'll pick the blonde because it's what they think is ideal around here. Interesting fact is that although a lot of the kids are blonde, most adults are dyed blonde. And most of the Swedish royal family all throughout history are all brunettes. *gets off her soapbox

Hehehe. Sorry, I'm just having flashbacks of the "sweet" folk tales book I bought that ended up being pretty racist!

@locavore_mama: I'd be surprised if there's 1 other inter-racial kid in school!

Here's one for Jellycat that's kind of ambiguous.

@rawrasaur: I have a day to figure out which one "she" (I) want. It's technically from my mom for her Christmas package and she wants to ship it soon.