The massive toy recalls have created a new consciousness over what our children play with and where it comes from. From our inception, we’ve been very diligent in looking at our suppliers and we are quite pleased that none of the products on our shelves have been recalled this year. With the smaller companies we deal with, the founders are very involved in the manufacturing process, and although many of their products are made overseas, they have much more direct relationships with the manufacturers and product safety is their #1 priority. From an ecological perspective, companies such as Plan Toys have been on the leading edge with all of their products made from ecologically harvested rubber wood and using non-toxic dyes – many of their products are actually left natural and we are proud to have one of the widest selections of Plan Toys in Canada. We have also brought in some of the first Fair Trade Organic Cotton stuffed dolls and playthings to hit the market.

"For children who are too short to reach the dining table while sitting in a regular chair, but who feel that booster seats are too babyish, there is now a plastic booster called Kaboost that raises the chair instead of the child. It was invented by Amir Levin, an entrepreneur who has lots of young cousins with whom he has shared meals. Kaboost attaches to the legs of a chair, above, and can raise most chairs either 4 ½ inches or 3 ¾ inches (the same heights as a standard booster seat). It is portable and folds for storage, top."

~ As featured in the New York Times