WATCH VIDEOS: TDmonthly Goes Inside ... Thinker Things, Calif. Jane Naisbitt, an elementary school teacher, opened Thinker Things toy store in Del Mar, Calif., in 1974, when son John was still in high school. Jane chose educational and fun toys to stock her shelves...
January Toy Videos Go Traveling This month's toys have legs. Pull-along elephants, a world explorer kit and travel-friendly pacifiers let kids trot the globe...
1/1/2010
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys TDmonthly Magazine recently interviewed 47 specialty toy-store owners around the country (plus one in Canada) to find out what's selling in their music departments...
2/1/2010
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14-Year-Old Kimberly Makes Music for Needy Kids Dozens of special needs and foster children are unexpectedly making music on high-quality toy pianos, thanks to the Schoenhut Piano Company and TDmonthly Magazine's Charitable Kid, 14-year-old Kimberly from South Carolina...
WATCH VIDEOS: TDmonthly Goes Inside ... Thinker Things, Calif. Jane Naisbitt, an elementary school teacher, opened Thinker Things toy store in Del Mar, Calif., in 1974, when son John was still in high school. Jane chose educational and fun toys to stock her shelves...
7/1/2010
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Hear Musical Instruments Perform on Video Want to create a beautiful, orchestral arrangement? It's all in your hands with The Beamz, a laser-beam "instrument" for error-free music making...
6/1/2010
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Infant and Toddler Toys Items like the Fill & Spill Mailbox from Melissa and Doug represent classic play patterns for young children, according to a nationwide survey of 39 specialty retailers discussing best-selling playthings for babies...
5/1/2010
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys TDmonthly Magazine recently interviewed 47 specialty toy-store owners around the country (plus one in Canada) to find out what's selling in their music departments...
2/1/2010
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TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid Looks Back It’s been seven months since Kimberly 14, of South Carolina, won the title of TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid ... Thanks to Kimberly and Schoenhut Piano Co., there are now dozens of happier children in the world!...
2/1/2010
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January Toy Videos Go Traveling This month's toys have legs. Pull-along elephants, a world explorer kit and travel-friendly pacifiers let kids trot the globe...
1/1/2010
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TDmonthly Charitable Kid Keeps on Giving! TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid, Kimberly (14) of South Carolina, has continued a giving streak made possible by the generosity of the Schoenhut Piano Co. Inc...
12/1/2009
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Musical Toys & CDs Go back to main article: "Award-Winning Toys for a Hassle-Free Holiday"...
12/1/2009
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14-Year-Old Kimberly Makes Music for Needy Kids Dozens of special needs and foster children are unexpectedly making music on high-quality toy pianos, thanks to the Schoenhut Piano Company and TDmonthly Magazine's Charitable Kid, 14-year-old Kimberly from South Carolina...
11/1/2009
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TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid Picks Her Charities TDmonthly Magazine’s Charitable Kid Contest winner, 13-year-old Kimberly of South Carolina, has consulted with her mother and pastor to come up with the first few charities that will accept the prize of Schoenhut My First Piano IIs:...
9/1/2009
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Why Kimberly Is a TDmonthly Charitable Kid Michelle from South Carolina entered her 13-year-old daughter Kimberly in the TDmonthly Magazine Charitable Kid Contest without Kimberly's knowledge. She thought the contest was perfect for her daughter...
The Yin and Yang of a Successful Event The Schoenhut Piano Company has a history of participating in and funding unusual events that bring their chime-like toy pianos — and the newer 44-string mini grand piano — before the public...
7/1/2009
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Will YOUR Customer Give Away 100 Schoenhut Pianos? Schoenhut Piano Co. Inc. has generously agreed to donate 100 25-key My First Piano IIs to be given to needy children by a child who wins the TDmonthly Charitable Kid Contest!...
6/1/2009
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Bath Toys To say that toys by Alex-Panline dominate bath time would be an understatement. Nearly 70 percent of 64 specialty retailers surveyed this spring named the Alex line, or particular products from it, when discussing best-selling bath toys,...
5/1/2009
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TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid Contest #1: Schoenhut Piano Co. Inc. Will YOUR Customer Give Away 100 Schoenhut Pianos? TDmonthly Magazine is teaming up with manufacturers, specialty retailers and kids to bring joy – and toys! – into the lives of needy children...
5/1/2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alison Marek, Managing EditorPhone: (310) 979-4330Email: alison@toydirectory.comwww.tdmonthly.comwww.toydirectory.com Charitable Kid to Give Away 100 Toy PianosContest by Schoenhut and TDmonthly Magazine® Encourages Generosity Los Angeles, Calif. (May 13, 2009) ― With times being tough for so many families around the nation, TDmonthly Magazine has teamed up...
5/1/2009
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In This Issue Did you miss last month's announcement about our 2008 award winners and Promising Toys for a Promising Future(tm): TDmonthly Magazine's 2008 Specialty Toys Report?...
9/1/2008
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TDmonthly’s Top-10 Most-Wanted CDs and Musical Toys When TDmonthly Magazine recently spoke to 68 retailers about their sales of music for children, most expressed that it’s a steady, stand-by category with an emphasis on simple instruments...
9/1/2008
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Wind Instruments Blow Past Electronics Of the 32 specialty toy-store owners recently surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine in an effort to gauge musical toy sales, 25 cited plain musical instruments with little to no electronic pizzazz...
9/1/2007
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Woodstock Chimes Rings True In 1979, Garry Kvistad was teaching music at a Midwestern university when he decided to make his first instrument — a xylophone constructed of aluminum lawn-chair tubes that he hung to be played by the wind...
Baby Roundtable: Tots Tickle the Ivories This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Infant/Toddler Roundtable participants evaluated SCHOENHUT PIANO CO.’s My First Piano II, which received glowing reviews...
9/1/2007
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