Features over 150 toys made from 1931 to the present day, as well as detailed information on over 3,000 toys, including toy names alphabetical by year, toy identification numbers, number of years made, special remarks and a value range from good to mint condition. Includes comic characters, vehicles, dolls and more.

This book highlights the thousands of colourful, clever toys manufactured by the Fisher Price Toy Company. Information on the Fisher Price Collectors Club, Toy Town Museum, and Fisher Price Toy Store is included, as well as a detailed history of the popular toy company that still cranks out wonderful products to this day.

The story of Fisher-Price Toys, Inc. and the toys which they made.

Simple instructions for cooking creative dishes and edible crafts for each month of the year, from New Year cookies to gumdrop Christmas trees.

Tells in rhyme about the fun little people can have at an amusement park.

Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong. From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings. Alphabetically arranged entries trace developments in toy making and toy marketing across the evolving landscape of 20th-century America. In addition to discussing the history of America's most influential toys, the book contains specific entries on the individuals, organizations, companies, and publications that gave shape to America's culture of play from 1900 to 2000. Toys from the two decades that frame the 20th century are also included, as bridges to the fascinating past—and the inspiring future—of American toys.

This book offers rich critical perspectives on the marketing of a variety of toys, brands, and product categories. Topics include marketing undertaken by specific children’s toy brands such as American Girl, Barbie, Disney, GoldieBlox, Fisher-Price, and LEGO, and marketing trends characterizing broader toy categories such as on-trend grotesque toys; toy firearms; minimalist toys; toyetics; toys meant to offer diverse representation; STEM toys; and unboxing videos. Toy marketing warrants a sustained scholarly critique because of toys’ cultural significance and their roles in children’s lives, as well as the industry’s economic importance. Discourses surrounding toys—including who certain toys are meant for and what various toys and brands can signify about their owners’ identities—have implications for our understandings of adults’ expectations of children and of broader societal norms into which children are being socialized.