List Includes Top Educational Toys &
Games, Bestselling Brands and Barnes & Noble Exclusives, All
Grouped by Age to Make Gift Giving Easier
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s
largest retail bookseller, today released its hottest toys &
games list for the 2018 holiday season, including top educational
toys & games, bestselling brands and exclusives found only at
Barnes & Noble. This year’s selection has toys & games
grouped by age, so parents and gift-givers can easily find the
perfect gift for everyone on their shopping list.
“This holiday season Barnes & Noble has curated a special
list of the top gifts for kids grouped by age to help make shopping
even more convenient and fun,” said Kathleen Campisano, Vice
President, Toys & Games at Barnes & Noble. “This list is
just a taste of our expanded selection in stores which reflect the
very best in educational toys & games. Key brands, licensed
favorites and exclusive products will have kids jumping for joy
this holiday season.”
For the 2018 holiday season, Barnes & Noble recommends the
following Top Toys & Games:
Top 10 Toys for Infants & Toddlers
1) Baby Alive Real As Can Be –Baby Alive Real As Can Be has over
80 lifelike movements, expressions and real baby sounds. Kids will
love caring for their own baby!
2) Fisher-Price® Laugh & Learn Game Controller – Your baby
can get into the gaming fun with this toy video game controller,
which features two "gaming" modes and lots of hands-on
activities!
3) Fisher-Price® Think and Learn Rocktopus™ – With three ways to
play, Think & Learn Rocktopus helps kids explore a variety of
musical styles while learning about different instruments, rhythmic
patterns, and more.
4) Hatchimals HatchiBabies – Introducing the newest Hatchimals
straight from Hatchtopia: the HatchiBabies! These magical creatures
are hidden inside colorful speckled eggs, but they have a secret -
they’re forever babies!
5) KidiSecrets Selfie Journal™ – Make a photo journal, write
diary entries or record messages and keep them safe in this
KidiSecrets Selfie Journal.
6) PAW Patrol Ultimate FireTruck – Kids can save the day with
Marshall's Ultimate Rescue Fire Truck!
7) Peppa Pig Transforming Camper Van – Peppa Pig’s Transforming
Camper Van toy set includes a transforming campervan your child can
open up, figures of Peppa Pig and her whole family and a set of
outdoor camping gear that even includes a bonfire.
8) Scruff-A-Luvs – When buying your Scruff-a-Luv, they arrive as
a sad ball of matted fur, but once you bathe them, dry them, brush
them and love them, you will discover what kind of pet they really
are!
9) Sesame Street Let’s Dance Elmo –Get ready to move and groove
with Let's Dance Elmo! Little ones can get the dance party started
by pressing the Elmo toy's heart button to hear fun phrases.
10) Zuru Rainbocorns Sequin Surprise – The Zuru Rainbocorns
Sequin Surprise features a bright mystery egg that hatches a
Rainbocorn.
Top 10 Toys for Kids 5+
1) Chow Crown Game – It's the musical crown-spinning,
chow-chompin' game. Put on the crown then load the dangling forks
with various food. The crown will spin and play music – and the
challenge begins!
2) Fingerlings® Hugs™ – Monkeys – Meet Fingerlings HUGS -
they’re softies when it comes to affection! Swing them, pet them,
and rock them to sleep, or give them a kiss and watch them kiss you
back!
3) Grinch with Max Plush (B&N Exclusive) – Only available at
Barnes & Noble, The Dr. Seuss Grinch and Max Plush Set is great
for anyone who enjoys the warming story of the Grinch.
4) Hairdorables Dolls – Introducing Noah and the Hairdorables,
the girl squad with "Big Hair Don't Care" attitudes. Each surprise
doll comes with fashions, hairstyles and accessories that are
unique to her style and talent!
5) Hot Wheels® Corkscrew Crash Track™ – Thrill young drivers
with a motorized triple-loop track set that amps up the stunting
fun to head-spinning levels.
6) Kids First Coding & Robotics – Meet Sammy. This cute
little peanut butter and jelly sandwich is actually a robot that
teaches coding principles and skills to children in grades K-2.
7) L.O.L. Bigger Surprise – L.O.L. Bigger Surprise toys offers
multiple layers of surprises with never-before seen additions to
your collection of glittery dolls.
8) MEGA Break Out Beast Eggs – It's slime time when you unleash
the Breakout Beasts! Break open 1 of 5 mystery eggs to discover a
slime surprise, then dig out all the pieces to build your
beast!
9) ROBLOX Ultimate Collector’s Set – Enjoy creating an exciting
new adventure with classic characters from the world of Roblox!
10) Wellie Wishers Willa™ Doll (in-store only while supplies
last) – This 14.5" (36.8 cm) doll is sized just right for younger
girls. She has hazel eyes and silky strawberry-blond hair in long
pigtails that can be brushed and styled.
Top 10 Toys for Kids 8+
1) BattleBots® Arena – This set from HEXBUG® includes two
battlebots with two remotes, large battle arena, and batteries –
let the battle begin!
2) Beyblade Switchstrike Starter Pack – Switch up your striking
powers with Beyblade Burst SwitchStrike tops. SwitchStrike features
affect the way tops behave to help bladers customize the course of
battle.
3) Boxer Robot – Meet Boxer: your real robot pal! This plucky
little bot comes to life right out of the box and is raring to go -
no assembly required!
4) Day & Night Globe – This ten-inch-diameter acrylic globe
has a light inside, allowing it to function in two modes. In its
non-illuminated day mode, the globe displays a detailed,
exquisitely designed physical and political map of Earth.
5) Fugglers™ – Fugglers are mischievous and misunderstood plush
creatures. Adopt at your own risk!
6) KumiKreator™ – Kids can spin to create friendship bracelets
with the KumiKreator Friendship Bracelet Maker. Makes Up to 10
Bracelets.
7) Laser Chess™ – Laser Chess is a two-player strategy game that
combines the spatial thinking skills of chess with the high-tech
fun of laser beams. Players alternate turns moving their mirrored
pieces around the board, and at the end of each turn, players fire
a real laser beam from their laser.
8) LEGO® Harry Potter™ Hogwarts™ Great Hall – Travel to Hogwarts
via LEGO’s Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall for fun and magical
adventures! Includes 10 minifigures.
9) Nerf Laser Ops Pro Alphapoint 2-Pack – The Nerf Laser Ops Pro
AlphaPoint 2-pack gives players everything they need to face off in
head-to-head live-action laser battles right out of the box!
Includes 2 blasters and 2 armbands.
10) STMT Bath Bombs – Create your own in-home spa experience
with the STMT Bath Bombs kit! This kit includes everything you need
to make your own colorful and fragrant bath bombs, along with an
instruction booklet with tips and suggestions.
Top 10 Games 10+
1) Catan 5E – In The Settlers of Catan, players try to be the
dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements,
cities, and roads.
2) Disney Villainous™ Game – In this epic contest of sinister
power, take on the role of a Disney Villain and strive to achieve
your own devious objective.
3) Handimonium™ – This hilarious game lets you challenge your
friends to simple tasks that become outrageously difficult when
players have to perform them wearing a pair of tiny hands!
4) Limited Edition Scrabble® Glass – This beautiful, rotating,
temper-glass Scrabble Gameboard comes with non-slip Faux Ivory
letter tiles, 4 tile racks, fabric tile pouch, and a custom
scorepad.
5) Lord of the Rings: Quest to Mount Doom (B&N Exclusive) –
The One Ring has awoken and the Dark Lord Sauron scours
Middle-earth in his search to reclaim it! In Barnes & Noble’s
exclusive Quest to Mount Doom, 2-5 players race to locate The One
Ring somewhere in the depths of Middle-earth.
6) Pandemic – Four diseases have broken out in the world and it
is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for
these diseases before mankind is wiped out.
7) Superfight: Superchest (B&N Exclusive) – This Barnes
& Noble exclusive is a hilarious card game based on fights
between characters with superpowers and super problems.
8) The Voting Game – The Voting Game uncovers the hilarious
truth behind your friendships. Tally the votes and laugh as the
personalities of your friends are revealed!
9) Ticket to Ride – Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train
adventure where players collect cards of various types of train
cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities
throughout North America.
10) What Do You Meme? – The new meme game everyone’s talking
about. Compete with friends and family to create the funniest
memes.
The top toys list is just a sampling of the wide selection of
must-have toys & games Barnes & Noble has for the
holidays
Customers can find these and other gifts at Barnes & Noble
stores nationwide and online at Barnes & Noble’s 2018 Holiday
Gift Guide (BN.com/Holiday) while supplies last.
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and educational products. The Company operates 629 Barnes &
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business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and
an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.Mary Ellen Keating, 212-633-3323Senior
Vice PresidentCorporate Communicationsmkeating@bn.comorAlex
Ortolani, 212-633-3379DirectorCorporate
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