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This Year’s Most Popular Brands/Characters:
Bakugon, Club Penguin, Webkinz, Transformers, Star Wars, Disney Princess, Disney Fairies, Spiderman, Batman, Barbie, Legos, Toys Story, Sesame Street, iCarly, Disney Cars, Dinosaurs, Little People

Birth to Age 3
• Dolls • Doll Clothes • Trucks • Musical & Talking Toys • Blocks • Activity Books • Rocking or Riding Toys • Pretend Play Toys (farms, strollers, vacuums) • Bath Toys • Balls • Interactive Toys • Character Books & Toys • Shape Sorting Toys • Teething Toys

Ages 4-7
• Barbie Dolls & Accessories • Action Figures • Art or Craft Projects & Supplies • Sport Balls • LEGOS • Bath Toys (Bubble Bath, Shampoo, Lotion, etc.) • Character Books & Toys • Pretend Play & Dress-Up Items (Princesses, Pirates, etc.) • Cars • Planes • Trains • Blocks & Building Toys • Games (Memory, Candy Land, Hi Ho Cherry-O!) • Character Books & Toys • Polly Pocket • Crayola supplies (Color Wonder Markers, etc.) • Rescue Pets

Ages 8-11
• Barbie or Bratz Dolls & Accessories • Action Figures • Remote Control Toys • Sport Balls or Equipment • Legos • Board Games & Card Games (Uno, Monopoly, Scene it, etc.) • Science Projects • Art or Craft Projects & Supplies • Educational Toys • Building Sets • Bead Kits • Character Toys  • Tamagotchi Virtual Pets • Plug N’ Play TV Games • iDog & other Musical Interactive Toys • Polly Pocket • Littlest Pet Shop Toys

Ages 12-17
• Gift Cards • Jewelry • CDs • MP3 Player • Board Games • Stationary • Sports Equipment • Baseball Caps • Make-up • Cologne or Perfume • Scented Candles • Art or Craft Projects • Supplies • Video Games • School Supplies • Shoes • Hair Accessories • Scented Lotions • Gloves, Scarves & Hats • DVDs/Videos • Room Décor, Posters, Vinyl Decorating Stickers

Board Books for Children Under 3
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Garrett Bang
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Busy Spider & other books by Eric Carle
My First series by DK Publishers
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
My Piggy Book & other books by Sandra Boynton

Books for Children Ages 3-4
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Story About Ping by Margorie Flack
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
The Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffee Numeroff
Dr. Seuss’s ABC by T.S. and A.S. Geisel
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Books for Children Age 5
Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard
Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood
Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson

Books for Children Ages 6-7
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman
Amelia Bedilia by Peggy Parish
The Giving Tree & other books by Shel Silverstein
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Inspector Hopper’s Mystery Year by Doug Cushman
Little Bear by Else H. Minarik
Alexander &  the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  by Judith Viorst

Books for Children Ages 8-9
Freckle Juice & other books by Judy Blume
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 & other Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & other books by Roald Dahl
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner
The Chameleon Wore Chartreusse by Bruce Hale

Books for Children Ages 10-11
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Super Fudge & Tales of 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzugh
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Any Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Books for Adolescents & Teenagers
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Uglies: Uglies, Pretties, Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkein
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
The Contender by Robert Lipstye
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Anne Brashares
Eragon by Christopher Paolini

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