CHICAGO — Toy store aisles are getting a multicultural makeover. Bolstered by the success of Nickelodeon’s popular bilingual children’s character, Dora the Explorer, and the spending power of the ...

Bolstered by the success of Nickelodeon's popular bilingual children's character, Dora the Explorer, and the spending power of the nation's growing minority population, toy retailers across the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the few items on the Christmas list of Emily Noreen’s 4-year-old daughter is a doll she can call her own. “I want her to have something preferably that looks like her, which is ...

Blonde-haired blue-eyed Barbie may still dominate, but Kmart is one of several retailers whose toy aisle is no longer completely lily white. The retailer is launching its own line of multicultural ...

“Did you have a Black doll growing up?” asked host Kristen L. Pope at the start of this week’s episode of Basic Black about the history of Black dolls. As a child in Haiti, Widline Pyrame’s only ...

Toy store aisles are getting a multicultural makeover. Bolstered by the success of Nickelodeon's popular bilingual children's character, Dora the Explorer, and the spending power of the nation's ...