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Toys
1.
The Strong Museum's Online Collection
2.
The New York Historical Society's
The Games We Played: American Board and Table Games from the Liman Collection Gift
exhibition
The Strong Museum's Online Collection of Board Games
3.
The Strong Museum's Online Collection of Video Games
4.
Pixal Pioneers: A Brief History of Graphics: Part One Video
5.
Julie Lasky's New York Times article entitled "Designing Distraction: Executive Toys" (2/4/15)
6.
The National Farm Toy Museum's Tractor collection
7.
The Museum Of The City Of New York's
Mac Conner: A New York Life
exhibition
8.
The V & A's Childhood Museum's
Small Stories: At Home In A Dolls' House
exhibition
For The Young? 2019
Card Games:
1.
Imaginary Worlds: Gathering the Magic
Action Figures:
2.-7.
Rich Juzwiak's
New York Times
article "Bootleg Toys' Are There Own Kind of Collectibles"
Games:
8.
Siobhan Roberts'
NYT
article "She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It's Taking Off"
9.-12.
Annalee Newitz's NYT Opinion piece "Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons"
Houses:
13.-14.
Emily Landau's
NYT Magazine
article "Letter of Recommendation: Dollhouses"
Animation and Sound:
15.
Twenty Thousand Hertz's "Classic Cartoon Sound Effects"
Illustration:
16.
Aurore de La Morinerie's illustrations for T Style Magazine: "Of a Kind: Paul Smith's vintage toys"
Big Bird Sculpture Homework 2021
Calder:
2.
The Calder Foundation
Music to my Ears:
3.
Sesame Street: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
One Sculpture:
4.
The Met's Alex Da Corte: As Long As The Sun Lasts Rooftop Commission
You decide:
5.
Whitney Museum of American Art: Outside with Jane Panetta: Mary Heilman
National Gallery of Art: Sarah Cain's Favorite Season
Action Figures
1.
The Toy and Action Figure Museum
2.
The JANM's Shop
3.
The International Spy Museum's Permanent Collection
4.
Studio 360s'
American Icons: Barbie
episode
5.
Barbie Liberation Organization
6.
Ursula Kenny's
Guardian
newspaper article entitled "Why Macolm X and Super Agent Slade were my childhood heroes"
7.
Essay from The V & A Childhood Museum's
War Games
exhibiition
8. Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
Trailer #2
Trailer #3
Miniature Worlds Homework 2019
7.
Bekonscot
8.
Madurodam
Catalunya en Miniatura
Minimundus
Swissminiatur
Mini-Europe
Children's Museums eMac Lite Fall 2021
1.
1984 Romper Room Magic Mirror
Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Moose Learn Spanish
Cartoon Corral featuring Kalamity Kate 1970s
2.
#MetKids Microscope:
Making Waves: What Happens When We Zoom in on Art
Ancient Ear Hair: How Do Crystals Form?
Art Under X-Ray: What's Inside the Art?
3.
Xcaret Nunez's NPR story "Mattel's Barbie Turns Women of Science, Including Covid Vaccine Developer, Into Dolls"
4.
LACMA's Zine Workshop Inspired by Cauleen Smith
5.-6.
The Met's Storytime with the Met: "The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family" by Ibtihaj Muhammad"
Barbie and Ken Lite Fall 2023
Barbie:
1.
Anna Kodé's
NYT
interactive "Barbie, Her House and the American Dream"
2.
Louis Lucero II's
NYT
article "Barbie: A Visual Dictionary"
3.
Lia Picard's
NYT
article "Barbiecore Is Surging Its Way into Home Décor and Interior Design"
4.
Katherine Rosman's
NYT
article "This Chic Octogenarian Behind Barbie's Best Looks"
Forest Casey's
Sotheby's
article "Why This Golden-Era Sports Racer Is Perfect for Modern Road Rallying"
5.
Claudia Guthrie's
Electric Lit
article "8 Books For Every Era of Barbie"
Ken:
6.
Coco Romack's
NYT T Magazine
article "Artist-Designed Party Hats, and How to Recreate Them"
7.
Vivian Wang's
NYT
interactive Recreating a Bygone China, One Miniature Home At A Time"
Online Museum Games
Art Museums
1.
Getty Games
2.
Metkids
3.
Destination Modern Art
4.
Tate Kids
5.
AIC's Curious Corner
Smithsonian:
6.
The Smithsonian
Halloween Costumes? Fall 2019
1.
Book Riot: "Literary Etsy Costumes To Buy Right Now"
2
Louisiana Channel's "Patricia Piccinini: New Myths of Our Time"
3.
PBS Digital Studios: "Monstrum"
4.
Sandra Boynton's official website
5.
Alexandra Alter's
NYT
article "Illustrator Brings the Magic to Life"
Toys, Games, and Comics Winter 2021
Toys:
1.-2.
New Yorker
Magazine videos: The Man Wh0 Invented More Than Eight Hundred Iconic Toys
3.
Jessica Delfino's NYT article "An Unofficial Ranking of the 10 Most Annoying Kids' Toys"
Video Games:
5.
BBC 4: Are video games art?
Kaity Kline's
NPR
story "Nintendo's 'Super Mario 3D World' Gets Another Chance On The Switch"
D&D:
7.
Jake Halpren's
NYT
article "Desperate for Distractions , We Chose Dragons"
Superhero Comics:
8.-9.
Robert Ito's
NYT
article "Beyond 'Black Panther": Afrofuturism Is Booming in Comics"
10.
ComicsXF
WWAC
11.
Mari Naomi's official website
Extra:
1.
Ted Nash's official website
2.
Smithsonian Side Door podcast (Season 6, Episode 0): Edison's Demon Dolls
3.
Vilcek Foundation's
Postmodern pioneer: Manga biography celebrates Denise Scott Brown
For the Young Lite Spring 2024:
1.
The Royal Collections'
Queen Mary's Dolls' House
exhibition
2.
Myles Burke's
BBC
article "Steamboat Willie: How Mickey Mouse's first appearance saved Walt Disney from Ruin and changed cinema forever"
3.
Smithsonian Side Door Podcast:
The 'Gentle Anarchy' of The Muppets
4.
PBS Digital Studios Monstrous:
The Untold Secrets of Pokémon's Monster Mythology
5.
Wired Magazine video "This LEGO Artist Builds Masterpieces Using All Black Bricks"
6.
Elizabeth Blaire's
NPR
story "A toilet paper company uses Winnie and poo to raise awareness about deforestation"
Tim McKeough's
NYT
article "Shopping for Toilet Brushes"
7.
Nicole Hoff's official website
Later:
1.
Barry Blitt's "Slappenheimer" Illustration for The New Yorker Magazine (3/4/24)