Imagine libraries where children could check out toy kits, even musical instruments, to enrich their lives through play. That dream is now a reality thanks to a partnership between the Miami-Dade ...

Vail Vincent McClure didn't know which way to direct his attention. Magnetic blocks? Dump trucks? Floor puzzles or pull toys? Christmas morning, right? Nope. This was five days after the holiday, when ...

Kids get over some toys pretty quickly. Enter the Rutabaga Toy Library, one of several similar businesses where families can sign out Tinker Toys and scooters for a month at a time. The sharing ...

On July 30, 1942, then–New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was uptown in Harlem, playing with toys. “Harlem Gets First Toyery,” announced a Paramount newsreel heralding the opening of the ...

The toy industry is the most plastic-intensive industry on the planet, with a whopping 90% of toys on the market currently thought to be made in full or partly from plastic. Since there are limited ...