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Dynamo Flashlight - Get it here!

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(I must have it.)
Price: $15.00
Description: My brother and I had flashlights like this as a kid and I remember using them all the time ... esp. on the long drive to or from grandma's house at night! :)

This flashlight runs on energy supplied by a squeeze of your hand. Based on Michael Faraday's 1831 invention of the dynamo, it's the battery-free light with a translucent blue case that lets kids and adults alike watch it work. Now with a bright LED bulb that's good for 100,000 hours.
Tags: national geographic

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Balance Beams - Get it here!

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(I'd love to have it.)
Description: You can buy these or make them. I'd imagine that it's pretty simple to do. You could easily make it with pegs and holes so that we can rearrange it, put it away when it rains and for easy transport when we move. Could have more than four beams to make interesting shapes and configurations.
Tags: active play, Toy Garden

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Pot Shelf | Misc | Delia Furniture Producers - Get it here!

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(I'd love to have it.)
Price: $225.00
Description: Interesting pot rack / shelf with the Delia wrought iron and funky artistic flair.
Tags: home

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The Pippi Longstocking Movie Collection (1975) - Get it here!

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(I'd love to have it.)
Price: $44.00
Description: - Pippi Longstocking
- Pippi Goes on Board
- Pippi in the South Seas
- Pippi on the Run

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Whole World Book and CD - Get it here!

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(I'd love to have it.)
Price: $10.00
Description: Kids can't help but clap and sing as they journey 'round the world with this fun book that comes with an audio CD so they can listen while they read. The playful illustrations and lyrical text takes them from high in the mountains to low in the valleys, and everywhere in between!

(mini book preferred vs the oversized one)
Tags: magic cabin

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book: Celebrating Chinese New Year - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $6.95
Description: Hardcover ($20) preferred, but okay with paperback.

Great photographs and descriptions of how people prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year. It's a lovely introduction and a nice way to teach her about a holiday much celebrated by Chinese around the world. I hope that it can help me to form a link for her to our Chinese ancestry, esp. after we move away from LA. :)
Tags: books, culture

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book: Peter in Blueberry Land - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $12.50
Description: There are two hard-cover printings of this book. I'd like to get the larger edition for her (12.5" x 9.5").

In this tale Peter has set out in the forest to find berries for his mother's birthday gift, but where are the berries? Fortunately, the mouse-sized King of Blueberry Land arrives, taps Peter on his toe, shrinks him down to his size, and takes him on a magical adventure picking berries, harnessing mice, sailing in slips of bark, and chirping with crickets.
Tags: books

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book: The Tomten - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $6.99
Description: A classic, gentle tale good for a winter night. The tomten is a little gnome-like creature who takes care of a farm & its animals at night in the Swedish countryside. It's a sweet & calming tale perfect for bedtime. We borrowed it from the library and really liked it. It has a serenity and peace as calm as a winter's night after the snow has fallen.
Tags: books

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book: We Share One World - Get it here!

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Price: $10.85
Description: Children are never too young to begin exploring the many different cultures that make up our beautiful world.

Through a young boy�s eyes, we visit children from far away places�fly kites in Japan, swing through the jungles of Costa Rica, play the didgeridoo in Australia�. Marty Husted�s vivid watercolors flow perfectly with Jane Hoffelt�s thoughtful poem, helping us feel the depth of our global connections."

-- We saw this book in a gift shop and loved the wonderful message and the way that it shows children around the world.
Tags: books

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book: Woody, Hazel and Little Pip - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $11.67
Description: Another lovely tale by beloved children's author, Elsa Beskow. Woody & Little Pip go on an adventure through the forest, riding on leaves blowing in the wind, They run into many creatures in the forest including gnomes, a lizard and a troll.
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Frog Walking Blocks - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $10.00
Availability: http://www.atoygarden.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=977
Description: I think that these would be fun for Mia to challenge herself with. She is very coordinated and needs physical outlets for her energy. This toy might be a fun way to do just that! (10 at Hearth Song & 15 at Toy Garden.)
Tags: Hearth Song, Toy Garden

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game: World of Adventures - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $57.00
Description: Each player will experience exciting adventures during the four game stages:
* Follow the penguin along the ice flows through the Antarctic
* Carefully cross the boiling land of volcanoes
* Pass over the hanging bridge high above the deep ravine
* Walk through the jungle tracing the steps of the Incas.

In order to face all dangers, each player will need courage, skill and a bit of luck. Each of the four games can be played individually or all together as "The Great Adventure".
Tags: games, willow tree toys

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Groovy Girls Snorkel Set - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $15.00
Description: Snorkeling set includes snorkel, goggles and flippers � Tankini outfit and mesh drawstring beach bag also included.
Tags: groovygirls, target

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Magnetic Pattern Blocks Set - Great for Travel! - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $20.00
Description: by Melissa & Doug!
Tags: travel

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Magnetic Responsibility Chart - Melissa & Doug - Get it here!

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Price: $20.00
Description: Magnetic Responsibility Chart - Melissa & Doug. Brightly colored and interactive, the Magnetic Responsibility Chart encourages children as they learn important lessons about responsibility. Including 134 magnetic wooden pieces that depict chores, behaviors and rewards, the chart also comes with four blank pieces that can be personalized. Kids will love picking their own "magnetic wooden sticker" rewards when their chores are complete; a dry-erase surface allows them to add notes and drawings.

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Magnuts Circus Set - HearthSong - Get it here!

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Description: This looks like so much fun!!!

- - Discover the excitement of the Big Top as versatile, magnetic Magnuts� characters bend, bounce, and balance their way through amazing circus stunts.

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Magz Construction Sets - Magic Cabin - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $35.00
Description: Available on other toy web-sites and probably local toy stores as well.

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You'll find these magnetic construction pieces impossible to put down once you start fiddling with them! Steel balls and colorful bars stick together with powerful magnets to create endless geometric structures: pyramids, pinnacles, three-dimensional snowflakes, working spinners, and all sorts of free-form sculptures.
Tags: magic cabin, toys

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Marble Mania Extreme - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $55.00
Description: Even history's most complicated structures began with basic engineering principles, which kids will learn with this amazing marble maze kit. Kids can plot their course, construct their contraption, drop a marble in, and watch the results, experimenting with math, geometry, and design. More than 300 pieces like gears, funnels, channels, plates, and pendulums connect in infinite combinations, and the power-lifter motor returns marbles to the top to start all over again.
Tags: educational, toys

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Painters (glitter) - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $17.00
Description: "12 big, easy-to-use painters come in 6 brilliant colors�and the handy squeeze bottles let children apply just the right amount of glitter paint!"
Tags: art

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Pee Wee's Composting Book Set - Get it here!

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Price: $20.00
Description: The first book of the Pee Wee Series, 'Pee Wee and the Magical Compost Heap,' introduces children to backyard composting through the adventures of Pee Wee, the endearing little red wiggler worm, and all the insects in the compost heap. The adventure begins when four neighbourhood children are magically transported on the back of a butterfly to visit Castle Compost.

The book's sequel, 'Pee Wee's Great Adventure: a guide to Vermicomposting' has Pee Wee describing an amazing adventure from a classroom worm bin to a backyard composter. Instructions are included on how to care for worms and harvest their castings.

'Pee Wee's Family in a Nutshell' is the third in the series. Again, Vanessa the magical butterfly transports everyone to the classroom worm bin to find Pee Wee's family. This book notes the differences between vermicomposting and backyard composting.

Sold as a set of 3 books. These books will have your child excited to help you with your backyard composting or your vermicomposting. After reading these they will understand better what can go into the compost heap and what stays out. The bugs do the teaching! They are full of how to's and definition, so you will come away with a better understanding, too. Fun to read and fun to learn.
Tags: books

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Plush Dinosaurs - Stegasaurus - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $34.95
Tags: hearth song

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Projection Microscope - Search for it on Amazon!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $58.00
Description: It appears that National Geographic's store stopped selling this item. At some point I may have to poke around the web to see if I can find it elsewhere.

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No need to squint into a tiny eyepiece�our 6'' screen displays microscopic images large enough for kid scientists and their friends to look at together. At 80X projection, it's among the most powerful scopes of its kind. The 89-piece kit includes two National Geographic filmstrips as well as tools to collect samples and prepare slides of kids' own microscopic discoveries.
Tags: science

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Qwiekle Game - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $25.00
Description: This tactile wooden block game combines the logic and strategy of Set� with the creative multi-maneuver game play of Scrabble�. The easy-to-learn rules mean you will be creating columns and rows of matching colors and shapes in no time! Look for opportunities to score big by placing a tile that touches multiple pieces and matches both shapes and colors; the player with the most points wins.
Tags: games

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Refillable Brush-On Painters - Get it here!

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(I'd like to have it.)
Price: $20.00
Description: Six bottles of paint with a brush applicator at the end. It looks like it would help to control the mess of painting... especially when painting inside on rainy days.
Tags: art, lakeshore

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Rope Ladder - Get it here!

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Price: $20.00
Tags: magic cabin

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