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TOYS AND MUSIC
Especially the more unique variety:

New Music Selections:

The World's Very Best Opera for kids...in English!
$14.98
opera in english

14 best-loved arias are performed by the world's finest opera stars and rising stars featuring works from some of the most popular-and important-operas across a wide range of genres, eras and composers. Recommended 4--adult

reggae playgroung

Reggae Playground
$16.00


This Putumayo recording, Reggae Playground, features songs from the Caribbean and around the world. Reggae Playground is a jammin' reggae party for the whole family!

Wee Hairy Beasties Animal Crackers
$15.98

This is a fun cd!

wee hairy beasties


old town school

Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Volume 1
$15.98


The Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook cd contains such old favorites as Amazing Grace, Down in the Valley, Wabash Cannonball and even Goodnight Irene performed by various exceptional artists such as Dan Zanes. The Songbook is great for the whole family!


Madagascar
Xeko Mission: Madagascar StarterSet

The Eco-Adventure Game $21.95

Explore the exotic island of Madagascar and help protect its strange and wonderful animals.

xeko mission: Madagascar


Meet the ferocious fossas, critically-endangered lemurs, and tomato frogs that ooze poison. Globetrotting adventure, eye-popping illustrations, and challenging strategy make Xeko a favorite with kids ages 8 and up.

The Xeko Mission: Madagascar Starter Set includes an oversized color play mat with a poster on the back, 50 cards for a 2-player game, two color learn-to-play guides, and a rulebook. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks.
  • Creative Child Magazine's Top Toy of the Year 2006 winner
  • National Parenting Center Seal of Approval 2006 honoree
  • Printed on recycled materials using soy-based inks
  • 4% of net game sales are donated to Conservation International.

xeko madagascar booster pack

Xeko Mission: Madagascar Booster Pack
The Eco-Adventure Game
$3.95


Explore the exotic island of Madagascar and help protect its strange and wonderful animals. Meet the ferocious fossas, critically-endangered lemurs, and tomato frogs that ooze poison. Globetrotting adventure, eye-popping illustrations, and challenging strategy make Xeko a favorite with kids ages 8 and up. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks.

Xeko Booster Packs contain a random selection of 9 cards from the full collection of 116 Mission: Madagascar cards.

  • Creative Child Magazine's Top Toy of the Year 2006 winner
  • National Parenting Center Seal of Approval 2006 honoree
  • Printed on recycled materials using soy-based inks
  • 4% of net game sales are donated to Conservation International

Costa Rica
Xeko Mission: Costa Rica Starter Set
The Eco-Adventure Game
$29.99

Costa Rica is the setting for the newest journey in the Xeko adventure because of its biodiversity and 12 distinct ecosystems.

Xeko Mission: Costa Rica

Discover the fascinating and beautiful lands and waters of Costa Rica and help protect its strange and wonderful animals. From the hammerhead shark and manatee to the colorful array of rare and exotic frogs and turtles, Costa Rica is positively jumping with amazing critters. Globetrotting adventure, eye-popping illustrations, and challenging strategy make Xeko a favorite with kids ages 8 and up.

The Xeko Mission: Costa Rica Starter Set comes packaged in a collectible storage box that contains an oversized play mat with a poster on the back, 48 cards for a 2-player game, two learn-to-play guides, two limited-edition sketch cards, and a bonus CD that contains a Xeko screen saver and other goodies. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks.

  • Winner of Creative Child Magazine's Top Toy of the Year 2006
  • Printed on recycled materials using soy-based inks
  • 4% of net game sales are donated to Conservation International

xeko costa rica booster

Xeko Mission: Costa Rica Booster Pack
The Eco-Adventure Game
$3.95


Costa Rica is the setting for the newest journey in the Xeko adventure because of its biodiversity and 12 distinct ecosystems. Discover the fascinating and beautiful lands and waters of Costa Rica and help protect its strange and wonderful animals. From the hammerhead shark and manatee to the colorful array of rare and exotic frogs and turtles, Costa Rica is positively jumping with amazing critters. Globetrotting adventure, eye-popping illustrations, and challenging strategy make Xeko a favorite with kids ages 8 and up. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players mix and match to build custom decks.

Xeko Booster Packs contain a random selection of 9 cards from the full collection of 150 Mission: Costa Rica cards.

  • Winner of Creative Child Magazine's Top Toy of the Year 2006
  • Printed on recycled materials using soy-based inks
  • 4% of net game sales are donated to Conservation International

New Cards (Fall 2005)
from Patience Brewster
only $2.95 each



Pencil tins with a difference -

Decorated inside and out, these are painstakingly copied from actual mummy cases in The British Museum and come in 4 different designs.

At $12.95 each you can collect all 4!



This posable dragon from Melissa and Doug is perfect for any dragon lover. The combination of blues, purples, yellows, pinks


and greens makes this fierce but friendly dragona worthy companion for traveling back in time to days of yore. The Melissa and Doug dragon measuring 40"L x 20" H x 12" W is only $49.99, an affordable toy to inspire imaginative play.


This art easel from Melissa and Doug is high quality at a really reasonable price--only $49.99!



New baby plush toys from Gund:

My Little Princess is a little castle with a velcro drawbridge and a top that zips open to reveal a golden hair princess, and Prince Charming as a frog who ribbits. Also inside the purple handled castle is a wand that rattles, and a mirror wand. All this for just $19.95

Little Princess


Ducky

The S.S. Duckie unzips and inside is a fish that squeaks, a girl duck that quacks, a crinkling starfish and a boy duck that rattles. This fun toy is $19.95



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Plush!
Prices vary

 
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Lights, Camera, Interaction

castle

Also known as Melissa and Doug came out with a wooden castle set. The castle is hinged and comes with a working drawbridge, a moving magnetic gate, three wooden people and a wooden horse. This is a super way for youngsters to engage in hours of imaginative play. $69.95.



Give the World, Give Putamayo

When our CD player is working, we almost always have on a Putamayo CD--
we can’t help it, we all love Putamayo! Not only is the music great, but the cover
art is so totally cool! To see all of their recordings go to www.putamayo.com.
And if you want something we don’t have, we can order it for you. $15.98 each

Latest from Putamayo:

Putumayo Kids Presents
Sing Along with Putumayo

with such favorites as Arlo Guthrie's Bling-Blang and Eric Bibb's Michael Row the Boat Ashore.

sing a long

 

Reggae

Here's one for the family--World Reggae


 

Putamayo CD
Putamayo Kids Presents African Playground

 

African Groove
Putamayo CD


New Recording from down the street--

Singin' in the City Volume One
(sounds like there'll be more!)
This is a great new recording which presents a couple of songs from various local artists such as Ella Jenkins, Nelson Gill, Jim Gill and others.
Singin

What a super way to try out different singers! $14.98

Jim Gill:

Jill Gill CD

Jim Gill’s latest tape and CD is Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense. Jim’s recordings have received honors from the American Library Association and the Parents’ Choice Foundation

.We carry all of his tapes at $10.98 each and CD’s at $14.98.



Ralph Covert:

Ralph Covert, of Ralph’s World has a jolly new CD called Peggy’s Pie Parlor.
Ralph's World

All of Ralph’s recordings are available at The Magic Tree for $16.98 each.


Mind Games:

Featuring over a dozen of the hottest new performers, Mind Games uses
contemporary rap, pop, and R&B music styles to teach children ages 6
and over a wide variety of essential academic subjects such as punctuation
and math. $15.98


Joel Ben Izzy:

Joel Ben Izzy Logo
Joel Ben Izzy, Travelling Storyteller
Some of his award winning c.d.'s include Buried Treasures: Tales of Laughter and Tears Stretching Around the World and Back Again;

Stories From Far Away which includes King Solomon and
The Smell of the Bread and Stories of the Fools of Chelm;
The Green Hand and other Ghostly Tales from Around the World
.

New Book Related "Companions":

To see all of MerryMakers characters, go to www.merrymakersinc.com.


New Groovyness:

Magic Tree is Groovy Headquarters for Groovy Girls.
Groovy Girls

Check out some of the great new outfits and groovy accessories for a groovy time on the beach.
To see all of Manhattan Toy’s items go to www.manhattantoy.com. If we don’t have something, we can order it for you--no grooviness lost!

Cabanarama - $34.95
Wavy Rider - $21.95
Beachy Keen - $11.95


Puppets:

Folkmanis makes the most realistic and fun puppets ever! We’ll be getting these
new puppets in soon. If you want to see the full animal line-up, go to
www.folkmanis.com. And remember, we can order anything if we don’t happen
to have it in when you call.

Great White Shark

Great White Shark
$59.95

Mermaid
$9.95
Mermaid
Spring Fairy

Spring Fairy
$9.95

Soft Book
$34.95
Soft Books
Gr Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
$49.95



Tea Time:

Delton’s children’s tea sets are so pretty tucked carefully into soft cloth lined baskets. Here a few choices:

 
Blue Iris
$21.95
Burgundy Rose $17.95
 
 
Bumble Bee
$22.50


Tree-Free Cards

We’ve got great cards, no doubt about it! But, Tree-Free Greetings stands out for its unique and eco-friendly card line. Trees are saved by making the paper from the kenaf plant and the cards and the specially designed envelopes look great!

Check out a few of the cards which are priced no higher than other cards.