cover image Toyland: The High-Stakes Game of the Toy Industry

Toyland: The High-Stakes Game of the Toy Industry

Sydney Ladensohn, Sydney L. Stern. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, $11.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8092-3987-0

This discussion of the $12 billion toy industry includes anecdotes about manufacturers, distributors and inventors as well as allegations that some products encourage sexism and violence in children. PW called it a ``lively treatment of a volatile, competitive field that is deeply dependent on seasonal fads and the whims of children and their parents.'' Photos. (Feb.)