Toy Fair’s known for excluding children from its showroom floor. Exceptions are made, though, for kids that bring their wares to the market. This year’s show featured a number of child designers and inventors:
Anna Tselevich, now 12, who at 4 wished for a cardboard box sturdy enough so that her playhouses she made from them wouldn’t fall apart. Her father Max designed a house from corrugated plastic and turned it into a business. Box-o-Mania products debuted at last year’s Toy Fair, but 2011 is Anna’s first year on the …

A full-sized Optimus Prime truck, hero of the “Transformers” movie received a $115 parking ticket on Saturday, reported the New York Times. The car is parked in front of the Times Center on 41st Street, where Hasbro is displaying their wares for Toy Fair.

UPDATED: FEBRUARY 15, 2011, 3:30 EST – Fox News posted their fav Toy Fair toys on YouTube, hosted by Baby Genius’s Larry Balaban. Named were Wild Planet’s Spy Net Watch, which is a mini camera in a wristwatch and the Chuggington interactive train set. Other picks included a Phineus & Ferb game, Jakks Pacific dolls that laugh when you rub their tummies, that ubiquitous recordable Ken doll by Mattel, Mattel’s Sing-a-Ma-Jigs and Baby Genius DVDs  –expect a new line in 2012.
The Wall Street Journal today posted a top-11 list that …

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Children’s author Aileen Leijten talks about the children’s book industry.