Keep the Lead Out Millions of children exposed to hazardous substances. Millions of toys recalled. What, exactly, is sitting on your shelves?...
9/1/2007
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Schoenhut Plays Beautifully With Kids When Frank Trinca bought the Schoenhut Piano Company in 1984, he invited his brother Len and sister-in-law Renee aboard as silent partners...
9/1/2007
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Writer Invests Self in All 4 Kidz Most writers know that being published involves getting an agent and suffering rejection and disappointment. But Angela E. Davis-Lewis of All 4 Kidz Enterprises avoided these traditional obstacles by creating her own publishing company...
8/1/2007
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Blongo Family Fun Brings Families Together Linda Long never dreamed she'd be a toy maker. In fact, the long-time sales and customer service professional had made her career in cosmetics...
7/1/2007
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Überstix Builds Creativity Around the Globe Most toy manufacturers want their toys to do better than the competition, but Dane Scarborough, founder, CEO and president of Überstix, is not your typical business owner...
6/1/2007
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Esco Imports Imports Great Fun Jack Steinfeld, president of Esco Imports, knows a lot about the toy business: His family founded and has been successfully running toy importer and distributor Esco Imports since 1946...
6/1/2007
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Awesome Kids Adds Animation Animation targeted to children aged 5 to 8 is gradually becoming one of Awesome Kids’ biggest successes...
6/1/2007
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Jonti-Craft Furniture Sits Well With Education Children’s furniture may give kids a place to sit, relax and sleep, but educational and early-learning furniture does more than just support kids' bodies: it develops minds as well...
5/1/2007
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Playmaker: Not Your Typical Monkey Business A screaming monkey flying across the room sort of speaks for itself. And it should, according to President Ernie Wong of Playmaker Toys...
4/1/2007
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Jandie Jams Adds Up Many parents might recognize Sandy Sartor’s dilemma: In an attempt to find educational resources for her small children that were more interesting than flash cards, she purchased a music CD designed to help them learn addition...
4/1/2007
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Kapla: A Childhood Dream Fulfilled In the 1980s, 25-year-old art historian Tom van der Bruggen left his home country of Holland and the antique shop he owned, and relocated to southern France to pursue his childhood dream of building a castle...
3/1/2007
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Wild Republic Gives Back A love of nature and children gave Wild Republic its beginning after founder G.B. Pillai noticed that gift stores at zoos, aquariums and museums could do better at offering merchandise that reflected the visitor experience...
3/1/2007
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Poppo Plays With Passion Business is poppin’ for Poppo, which sees itself as both a game and toy company, utilizing interactive website marketing and retail outlets to bring its products to a family-targeted demographic...
2/1/2007
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TimeOut Tot's Tots Avoid Timeout "It's human nature. Reward good behavior and the kids will want to do it again," Ann R. Brazil, of TimeOut Tot, told TDmonthly...
