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Catherine Garvey, Play, enlarged ed. (1990), provides an overall view of children’s play as well as information on games and toys. Jeffrey H. Goldstein (ed.), Toys, Play and Child Development (1994), is an excellent work by a major scholar of children’s toy play.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added cross-reference. | Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of New South Wales, Sydney - Department of Arts, Design and Architecture - A Brief History of Toys. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Toy story: A short history of awesome playthings. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Moved video within article. | Jun 02, 2020 | ||
| New media added. | Jun 01, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 10, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Strong - Toy History Timeline. | May 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Toys. | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Added images of a toy walking horse, made by Ives Toys, Plymouth, Conn., 1868, and a toy giraffe, 1900–30. | Sep 30, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemicool - Silver. | Feb 20, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Mar 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kansas Historical Society - Kansapedia - Biography of William Clark. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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