(eeBoo $11.99) Saxton Freymann’s award-winning and amusing fruit and veggie images are used on these cards and are ideal for...

(Corolle $66 and up each) Ambre comes with a full head of reddish hair for brushing and styling again and again. She's a freckle-faced...

(Corolle $67 each) Louise is an armful, a big 14-inch soft-bodied baby doll with blue eyes that open and close and ideal for Big Sister...

(LEGO $28.99) Many Duplo sets are packaged with one project to build. That can be fun, but for beginners, we prefer a more open-ended set...

(Fisher-Price $42.99) With two little vehicles and three different pathways, this tall-as-a-toddler skyway is ready for the kind of...

(Mattel $49.99) Barbie’s miniature kitchen this season is larger than it used to be and comes with sound effects as well as molds for...

(Fisher-Price $39.99) A classic miniature setting for beginning pretend play. The house opens for play time and then packs away easily...

(Fisher-Price $21.99) For toddlers and preschoolers this bag of 80 colorful pegged blocks is a basic. Toddlers will need some learning...

(Lakeshore $299) These are the kind of quality wooden unit blocks that you'll find in a good nursery school. The hardwood is smooth and...

(Fisher-Price $59.99) An interactive sort of musical toy with 15 instruments sound pods that slip into the octopus’s arms. The sounds...