Looking for a great gift for a child this holiday season? Keep clicking for a range of potential presents for kids of all ages and tastes.
The book "Goodnight iPad," is a board book parody in the style of the Margaret Wise Brown classic "Goodnight Moon." The little bunny characters are tech-crazed, and the old lady in the rocking chair is overwhelmed by the "bings, bongs and beeps of e-mails and tweets."
This Hanukkah Dreidel ($29.00) by Pottery Barn Kids is a made of wood and has numbered coins that will add a little mathematical complexity to the dreidel game.
National Geographic's "Ultimate Weird But True" ($19.95) is the next installment in the National Geographic Kids Weird But True franchise, which started as a popular feature in National Geographic Kids magazine. The book features 200 themed spreads of animal antics, wacky inventions, weather phenomena, human tricks, and nature
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American Girl's contemporary 18-inch "My American Girl" doll in her holiday outfit.
The StinkyKids doll collection ($16.50 each), created by Britt Menzies, is made up of ten diverse characters that come with their own personalities. Each doll comes with a card that lists his/her hobbies, favorite foods, favorite colors, and more.
StinkyKids donates a percentage of its profits to Books, Bears, and Bonnets, Inc., a cancer-related charity founded by Menzies
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Looking for a stocking stuffer? Chopsticks are a challenge for kids, but Sushisamba's signature kids chopsticks are a nice way to start kids out. Animal toppers hold the sticks together as children begin to get the feel of the utensils.
Jada Toys' Battle Machines ($59.99) offers air-to-ground laser tag action with a gyro helicopter and 360-degree rotating gun turret. Available at leading retailers nationwide.
The DoodleMark ($7.99) might be a fun stocking stuffer for a kid who loves books. It comes in multiple designs and is available in select specialty toy stores nationwide and online.
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are part of the "mini" series ($7.99).
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are part of the "mini" series ($7.99).
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are part of the "mini" series ($7.99).
This game, the Scruble Cube, combines elements of the popular classics Rubik's Cube and Scrabble. SCRUBLE Cube is a one-piece block you twist and turn to spell words for points before time runs out. Or, if you are feeling ambitious and playing alone, you can try to "solve" the cube by spelling "Scruble Cube" on each of its faces.
This game, the Scruble Cube, combines elements of the classics, Rubik's Cube and Scrabble. Scruble Cube is a one-piece block that you twist and turn to spell words for points before time runs out. Or, if you are feeling ambitious and playing alone, you can try to "solve" the cube by spelling "Scruble Cube" on each of its faces.
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are "sites-to-see" series models ($14.99).
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are "sites-to-see" series models ($14.99).
With micro-sized Nanoblock building blocks, 3D buildings and animals take shape beneath your fingers. Available at Toys 'R' Us nationwide and specialty stores. These are "sites-to-see" series models ($14.99).
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Pottery Barn Kids' Lionel Little Lines Train Set ($59.00) is a small-scale train set featuring realistic sounds and fun set pieces, sucg as traffic signals. The set has a snap-together track and a remote control for forward and reverse movement.
This product image, courtesy of Hape Toys, shows the My Backyard BBQ. Parents looking to keep their 3-year-olds away from the hot backyard grill will appreciate this 33-piece wooden hibachi-like play grill set.
The One World Futbol. The One World Futbol Project sells a durable, no-stitch blue ball designed like a traditional soccer ball but for all terrains, and has a "give one, get one" offer to donate a second ball to partner organizations around the world.
A cover of one of the books in the "Dork Diaries Box Set," by Rachel Renee Russell. The set contains the first three books in the heavily-illustrated Rachel Renee Russell series chronicling the not-so-fabulous life of middle schooler Nikki Maxwell.
"Steampunk!" is an anthology, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, from 14 writers in the quirky science fiction-fantasy and very '80s genre of steampunk.
The Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven is still a hit. This version of the classic is space-agey purple and doesn't require a light bulb. The baking pan is bigger and also comes with a cupcake pan.
"Bumble-Ardy," by Maurice Sendak, features a pig and a belated birthday bash. It's the first book in 30 years both written and illustrated by the 83-year-old Sendak, though he first created it in the '70s.
A Rock Paper notebook by Made By Humans. These spiral-bound sketchbooks have slick, strong paper made from chunks of limestone ground to dust (80 percent of content) bound with a nontoxic resin (the other 20 percent).
"The Betsy-Tacy Treasury," by Maud Hart Lovelace, consists of the first four books of the Maud Hart Lovelace classic series in highly-portable trade paperback.
National Geographic's T. Rex Remote-controlled Puzzle ($39.95) is a controllable dinosaur puzzle. Pop out and assemble the 100 pre-cut wooden pieces, add the battery pack, and let it roar. The dinosaur reacts to light and sound in free-roaming mode, or use the remote control to make it run, walk, roar, and chomp. Not for children under 3 years old.
National Geographic's "Visions of Earth" ($40.00) is a book of images and facts about the planet, featuring more than 200 pictures of landscapes, people, and animals.
National Geographic's Interactive "Laptop" Planetarium ($34.95) teaches kids about the sizes of planets, their distances from the moon, their temperatures, and more.
National Geographic's Rainbow Maker ($39.95) is a see-through device that sticks onto any sunny window to create a display of rainbows. A tiny, solar-powered motor spins as twin Swarovski crystals split sunlight into its component colors.
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