Sanrio is celebrating 50 years of the iconic Japanese character Hello Kitty. But, despite her name, Hello Kitty is not actually a cat. She's a girl.

H aley (born February 2015) is a creative girl who enjoys drawing and coloring. She has a fondness for Hello Kitty and is eager to learn how to draw such characters. We recently accompanied Haley ...

Unlike Mickey Mouse and Snoopy, Hello Kitty didn’t start as a cartoon. A young Sanrio illustrator named Yuko Shimizu drew her in 1974 as a decoration for stationery, tote bags, cups and other ...