(LEGO $49.99) Our testers really like the modular build with rooms they can assemble and then move around in various ways. This very...

(LEGO $159.99) Coding is the big trend in toyland this season and introducing the power of coding begins earlier and earlier. This...

(Hasbro $129.99) Wait until you take Tyler, the tiger cub, out of the box and touch his silky tiger’s fur. Like so many furReal animals,...

(Mindware $69.99) Marble mazes are always challenging construction sets that call for logical thinking, spatial reasoning, planning...

(LEGO $131.99) Our testers loved all the details, the big and little things that came with this miniature hospital setting. It’s a...

(American Girl $115) A Korean American girl, Z (short for Suzie) in a young filmmaker from Seattle. Her adventures are told in a two-book...

(LEGO Duplo $29.99) Who doesn’t like pizza? Now kids can build their own pizzeria complete with oven and pizzas. The set includes three...

(eeBoo $13.99 each set) Cardboard boxes have always been great props for pretend. Generations of kids (including mine) have made cars,...

(K'nex $14.95) Our testers like the whimsical look and open-ended style of Kid K’nex sets with big eyes and funny claws that can be put...

(American Girl $114.00) With aspirations to become a Nashville singer and songwriter,18” Tenney Grant is a freckle-faced charmer with...