The book assists parents in navigating toy and play options, offers tips on evaluating toy safety, and suggests innumerable diverse activities. The book identifies educational and age-appropriate toys, important craft supplies for playtime and offers hundreds of useful ways to make play a life-long and nurturing experience. A great addition to the library of anyone who cares about children! This book is a valuable resource for parent, grandparents, teachers, toy store personnel, toy designers and anyone in the toy industry! The book has been published in 12 countries.

This unique, comprehensive guide helps parents select the best toys and games for developing "Play Quotient" (PQ) and expanding child's play. The book helps parents navigate toy and play options, offers tips on evaluating toy safety, and suggests 160 activities. The book identifies educational and age-appropriate toys, important craft supplies for playtime and hundreds of ways to make play a life-long and nurturing experience. Good for anyone in the toy industry from designers to sales. Book available in USA and translated in 12 countries so far. • Helps parents choose the right toy for the right child at the right time. What's more, she inspires readers to remember play time happens outside of a child's toy box: I highly recommend this book. Sharon DiMinico, CEO, Learning Express • Smart Play+Smart Parents = Smart Kids. Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. writes with rare power of original analysis. Richard C. Levy, Toy Inventor/Author A great addition to the library of anyone who cares about children! This book is for parent, grandparents, teachers, toy store personnel, toy designers and anyone else in the toy industry!

Discusses the importance of play for a child's emotional and intellectual growth. Gives "specific advice on which toys to buy and what kind of games to play to empower your child's overall development."--Back cover.

Playing Doctor is an engaging and highly perceptive history of the medical TV series from its inception to the present day. Turow offers an inside look at the creation of iconic doctor shows as well as a detailed history of the programs, an analysis of changing public perceptions of doctors and medicine, and an insightful commentary on how medical dramas have both exploited and shaped these perceptions. Drawing on extensive interviews with creators, directors, and producers, Playing Doctor is a classic in the field of communications studies. This expanded edition includes a new introduction placing the book in the contemporary context of the health care crisis, as well as new chapters covering the intervening twenty years of television programming. Turow uses recent research and interviews with principals in contemporary television doctor shows such as ER, Grey's Anatomy, House, and Scrubs to illuminate the extraordinary ongoing cultural influence of medical shows. Playing Doctor situates the television vision of medicine as a limitless high-tech resource against the realities underlying the health care debate, both yesterday and today. Cover image: Eric Dane, Kate Walsh, Sara Ramirez, and crew members on the set of Grey's Anatomy © American Broadcasting Company, Inc.