In the fifth edition of their excellent guide book Travel With Children, the Lonely Planet team have come up with holiday ideas from toy shopping in Tokyo to riding ostriches in South Africa. They have assembled a global team of parent

royal trivia with a neat little book that answers all those burning questions, like does the Queen wear her crown in bed? The answer? Nah, I reckon she wears curlers and a hairnet. (yikes, I'm only kidding, y'know, in case that's a treasonable offence

;} Discover more with LeapFrog TagWelcome to the Junior Book Club Reading Month in association with Leapfrog, the award-winning creator of imaginative education toys Gazing upon your beauteous newborn baby, you can’t help

Villa Kennedy, GermanyWith a history dating back to 1393, Frankfurt's Christmas market is one of the most elaborately decorated in Germany. Centred around a huge Christmas tree, it is famous for toys, handicrafts and hobby-horses. It feels like

of toys, books, accessories and gifts as carefully selected by the Liberty buyers. The department promises to be a veritable wonderland decorated with aqua and coral murals, handmade oversized toys, an interactive toy area and a Meccano chandelier

A new Legoland Hotel will be opening at Legoland Windsor in March 2012. Featuring themed rooms, exploding toy boxes and treasure trails, prices start from £285 per room, including two days’ entry to the park.If a lack of decent sleep is affecting

university, I spent a year working in catering kitchens and various bakeries. The one that sticks out as the most inspiring was Cocomaya in Connaught village.How do you get your inspiration for designs? I like looking at the toys and books from my mother

as the best toy shop in the world and with almost an entire floor dedicated to Barbie. The Scholastic Store in SoHo is stocked high with books, puzzles and games, while The Plaza has an Eloise store, inspired by the six-year-old heroine of Kay Thompson

skills, whilst making learning to read fun.  LeapFrog employs four full time employees who have Ph.D.s and masters of Education. Their job is to make sure each of our products engaging and fun, therefore every time we design a new toy, book or game

How did Okido start?Okido started when my son Emil was four and not yet at school. We were on holiday in Morocco with just one Richard Scarry book that we were reading over and over again. So we started drawing our own book with some activity pages