This entertaining and informative book--written by Marianne Szymanski, child development and toy expert, and Ellen Neuborne, an award-winning business journalist--is an essential and authoritative guide to toys and play. Based on thirteen years of independent consumer-focused research, Toy Tips
offers invaluable advice and practical information about selecting appropriate toys and answers questions such as Why do kids play with toys? What is the true role of toys? Which toys are good and which aren?t? How do toys figure into normal, healthy child development?
?Invaluable and specific guidance about how the right toys can help your kids learn, develop, build skills, and have some fun.? --Michele Borba, consultant, educator, and author, Parents Do Make a Difference, Building Moral Intelligence
, and No More Misbehavin`
?No one is better equipped than Marianne Szymanski to help you make smart choices when purchasing toys for your kids or for the kids in your life.?--Spencer Christian, former host of Szymanski?s guest segments on ABC?s Good Morning America
, and author, Is There a Dinosaur in Your Backyard?
and many other children?s books
?Szymanski?s years of experience and passion for serving children make her a leading voice in the developmental benefits of toys and play.?--From the Foreward by Marvin W. Berkowitz
The Toy and Game Inventor's Handbook
In a practical handbook of aspiring entrepreneurs, a successful inventor and the former head of research and development at Hasbro draw on their industry expertise to explain how to transform one`s creative toy and game ideas into cash. Original.
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Mail Order Maiden 28 (DVD)
An erotic farce in the tradition of SABER MARIONETTE J and SAKURA DIARIES but much more adult, MAIL ORDER MAIDEN 28 chronicles the misadventures of Aiwa, a love struck young man. Unfortunately, the object of his affections, Kozue, has no idea of his feelings and probably wouldn't reciprocate them even if she did. However, Aiwa's love life is turned upside down one day when he receives a package in the mail he had ordered weeks before. Forgetting that in an effort to take his mind off Kozue he had ordered himself a toy to practice his seductions on, Aiwa is surprised when a bubbly android maid pops out of the box. Ready to satisfy, Aiwa's new toy is a loving girlfriend who may get in the way of his pursuit of Kozue.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
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The Indian in the Cupboard
On his birthday, Omri receives a number of unusual gifts--a dilapidated cupboard from his brother, an old key (that, strangely enough, fits the cupboard's lock) from his mother, and a small plastic toy shaped like a Native American warrior from his friend Patrick. When Omri locks the toy in the cupboard, he is shocked when it magically becomes a real live Native American warrior who is still the small size of the toy.
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Two Quarter Candy Vendors
Perfect for eclectic home decor or the store front, add a touch of vintage charm with these Two Quarter Candy Vendors.
Shatter resistant globes
All metal drop through coin mechanisms and a durable locks
Metal, rugged body in black with chrome trim
Set the vendor to accept quarters or free vend
A simple change of the wheel lets you go from gumballs to adjustable portions of candy
Comes complete with black stand, mounting bracket, and hardware
This item ships in three separate boxes (two boxes are banded together)
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