The Dancing Alligator is back! He’s our cutest and best-selling pulltoy.  Recommended for 19 months and older, $19.

Sturdy basic wooden dollhouses make a great compromise for kids aged 3 to 6 who may not be prepared to care for more traditional, delicate dollhouses and furniture.  In addition to the Chalet Dollhouse, My First Dollhouse, the Doll Family and various furniture sets, we now also have the Contemporary Dollhouse ($120) and several more furniture sets including: Bedroom Neo ($20), Household Accessories ($20), and Bathroom Décor ($22).  The Contemporary Dollhouse is simple and stylish, with sturdy curves, a movable staircase, and a sliding transparent paneling – this house reminds me of euro-modern architecture with picture windows.

Here are a few interesting tidbits about Plan Toys’ green practices:
-After 25 years of production Thailand’s rubber trees are cut down and burned, then replaced with new, more productive trees.  Plan Toys buys trees before the rubber companies burn them and uses them to make toys.
-Plan Toys uses a water-based, all-natural dye for all its colors.
-The company doesn’t use chemicals to produce its lumber, and the bonding blue contains zero formaldehyde.
-The Plan Toys workforce periodically makes trips and physically plants trees across Thailand, almost 10,000 trees a year.

from A Plan For Staying Green (Toys & Family Entertainment, June 2008)