Bringing up baby: juvenile toys and the need for developmental speed.(wordson play)

Playthings, April, 2006 by Annicelli, Cliff

This month we're chock full of talk about infant and preschool products.

While for most of you reading this it's probably mid-April, for us here at PLAYTHINGS, early spring means it's JMPA show time and coverage for that show, which this year falls during the second week of May, is appearing now because the complicated world of publishing schedules means this issue goes to that show instead of our May issue. Come to think of it, that's why our ASTRA Marketplace preview is in this month's issue, too, even though that event isn't until May either.

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One of the common threads running through both of our infant/preschool features this month is that parents are looking for toys for even their youngest kids--babies and...