Toy Time!: From Hula Hoops to He-Man to Hungry Hungry Hippos: A Look Back at the Most- Beloved Toys of Decades Past
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00CCPIKQ2
Publish date: October 8th 2013
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
This book is pure nostalgia! I think this is reason enough to pick it up and flip through it at least. I liked that Byrne incorporated chapter introductions that gave context to all these toys from the 50s ranging to the 90s. Explaining the culture that influenced the popularity of each toy made it ...
This was just a delightful trip through memory lane. Many of the toys I played with as a youth and some that were before me but I had heard of all the same. Also, some my kids played with like the Turtles and the easy bake oven. Where the idea came from, how and who came up with them, where they a...