Toy Tips: A Parent's Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices
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...
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Take the Guesswork Out of Toy ShoppingThis 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 about toys. "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 and Building Moral Intelligence "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 Foreword by Marvin W. Berkowitz Library Journal Toys aren't just for fun anymore--Szymanski, founder and president of Toy Tips Inc., claims that they will influence our children's social and moral development: "They are part of the everyday environment that will sculpt your child's imagination, character, and outlook on life." Here she attempts to train lay readers (moms and dads) to become toy experts, providing advice about dozens of different kinds of toys and insight gained from her "toy tips lab" research into the benefits, warnings, and developmental appropriateness of toys today. Szymanski also addresses special needs, health and safety, and shopping for toys. This book would help anyone who has a child, plays with a child, or ever needs to buy a gift for a child. It is similar to Stevanne Auerbach's Dr. Toy's Smart Play: How To Raise a Child with a High PQ but with an alternative format. Recommended for both public and academic libraries.--Kari Ramstrom, MLIS, Plymouth, MN Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
DisclaimerivForewordvPreface: Why I Started Toy TipsixIntroduction: Why You Need a Toy Guide11Becoming Your Own Expert52Toy Types183Ages and Stages494Special Situations735Technology Toys906Health and Safety1107Smart Shopping1318Educational Toys1499Videos and DVDs17010Family Toys19011Collectibles20812Classic Toys223About the Authors241
\ Library JournalToys aren't just for fun anymore--Szymanski, founder and president of Toy Tips Inc., claims that they will influence our children's social and moral development: "They are part of the everyday environment that will sculpt your child's imagination, character, and outlook on life." Here she attempts to train lay readers (moms and dads) to become toy experts, providing advice about dozens of different kinds of toys and insight gained from her "toy tips lab" research into the benefits, warnings, and developmental appropriateness of toys today. Szymanski also addresses special needs, health and safety, and shopping for toys. This book would help anyone who has a child, plays with a child, or ever needs to buy a gift for a child. It is similar to Stevanne Auerbach's Dr. Toy's Smart Play: How To Raise a Child with a High PQ but with an alternative format. Recommended for both public and academic libraries.--Kari Ramstrom, MLIS, Plymouth, MN Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
