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I\'ve known our 11 1/2\" fashion diva / movie star on a first-name basis since she first arrived on the scene; I won the blonde beauty at the 1959 birthday party of the red-headed nephew of Ruth an...

The Handbook of Developmentally Appropriate Toys written by Doris Bergen is aptly described by Mattia Thibault and featured in the American Journal of Play as “an atlas, which offers us detailed...

Calling all video game lovers and book lovers! Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, named the best book of 2022 by Amazon, is a touching story starring two longtime friends who mak...

MC: We are excited that you will be speaking with Robert Fuhrer about Japanese and American Business Parternships in the Toy Industry- Cultural Differences and Historical Successes at our Inventor Pit...

As the widely anticipated Barbie movie inches closer to its release date, it is the perfect time to brush up on your Barbie history. Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America&rsq...

    What is it about the Toy and Game Industry that you love? I love that the Toy and Game Industry has the potential to provide children with valuable learning opportunities. My toy co...

New SAZ chapter in the Netherlands Founded  The Game Designers Association (SAZ) is pleased to announce the founding of SAZ Nederland, its second foreign group after SAZ-Italia (2...

GOLIATH PARTNERS WITH WONDERY FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE LUNAR DIAL Goliath enters an agreement with Wondery to launch The Lunar Dial, a celestial strategy game based on Morbid, a top-ranking podcast on t...

The back-to-school season is on us, and for the second year since the pandemic, kids are really going back—to real schools, in classrooms, with each other in person. That means a lot of househol...

  Welcome to our team, Rebecca! As the new Editor for Play in Education’s newsletter, what attracted you to the Chicago Toy and Game Group, and what goals do you have in mind for the org...

  As toy sector people, many of us travel (a lot) and I’m sure we’ve all had the same pains; delayed flights, late samples, issues at the hotel, and so on. On my last trip to the U...

  TOMY International and NBCUniversal Announce a New Collaboration with a Crowd-Funded Back to the Future Time Machine Diecast Replica   The Time Machine car is deemed one of the ...

  MC: Hey, Brendan! Thank you for taking time from your new bicontinental role to answer a few questions! Let’s start with a toy question, what was your favorite toy growing up?  &...

  Hi, Jamie! Thank you for sitting down with us this year. We very much enjoyed our interview with you last year. In your role overseeing worldwide consumer products for Sony Pictures, we\'d lo...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Learning Express Toys Vendors Donate Thousands of Toys to Kidz Korna   Schaumberg, IL JUNE 28, 2023 – Learning Express Toys and Gifts vendors ...

The portrayal of colonialism in the realm of fantasy can be a complex issue. It seems almost inevitable that any imagined world would feature some form of dominant power, a central authority exerting ...

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, is a fantastical comedy starring Chris Pine (Edgin) and Michelle Rodriguez (Holga), who are on a mis...

UglyDolls is a perfectly charming film with a wonderful message for young children. The animated movie stars the brightly colored and optimistic Moxy, who lives in Uglyville, where deformed dolls and ...

The 2018 documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? directed by Morgan Neville is a wonderful tribute to Fred Rogers and his renowned children’s TV show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The ...

In addition to going to the Frost Museum while in Miami, we also ventured into the Pérez Art Museum Miami, aka the PAMM. The museum sits right next to the Frost Museum bordering a beautiful par...

So my family and I just got back from a quick vacation down in Miami, Florida. We ended up staying in a hotel right near a lot of really great tourist attractions, but of all the places we went, there...

Learning Express Toys Celebrates Record Success at 2023 Annual Convention & Toy Expo   Devens, Mass., June 30, 2023 — The Learning Express Toys & Gifts Franchise ...

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2023 TOY & GAME INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS ARE OPEN!  People of Play (POP) is Accepting TAGIE Award Nominations NOW Through August 4th  SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS...

  Hi Lisa, thank you for chatting with us today. I know you hear a lot of stories about the Schwinn brand. I have one, too. Tanya Thompson and I were given Schwinn\'s bikes at one of Oprah\'s ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   The People of Play and Happy Camper Live Partner to Bring the Young Inventor Challenge to the Summer Camp Scene and over 8,000 Kids   [Chicago, IL] - [6/26/23] - ...

  Hi Allison! Can you share with the readers a little bit more about yourself and what led you to become the founder and CEO of Happy Camper Live?   I hold a bachelor’s degree fro...

For years, the TV and film industry have never been shy about adapting a popular book or story to the big screen, having been met with varying levels of success. Yet, a new wave of adaptations seem to...

Have you ever heard the name Max Alexander?   Perhaps he\'s popped up on your IG reels or maybe not yet. He is, after all, only 7. But at just seven years old, Max has gained a lot of fame on In...

Around the time I started high school, I figured it was high time I had a pair of rainboots. Now, at this point, I had lived in numerous states where rain was a constant (especially during summer). I ...

Children learn and make sense of the world around them through play. While they are having fun, they are developing their cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills. But play is also key in buil...