His-story

I’ll admit it, I was slightly shocked when  I found out that I was having a boy.  Mary was less shocked that I was.  Though there was always a 50% chance, it had honestly never occurred to me that I would have anything but a ballet dancing,  poetry writing,  play creating, horse riding daughter in a pink tutu. What in Vishnus name, I wondered, would I do with a boy?  What do they play with (that I would actually have in my house)?  What stories do they like? I have spent the last 15 years collecting biographies and histories of amazing women – now what?

Well, lucky for me, I have just discovered a store in my sisters old Tribeca neighborhood called “Playing Mantis“.  They not only have beautiful Waldorf dolls, hand made puzzles and other fantastic toys, but they have these stunning wooden story sets that are just the thing to introduce a young boy to the Greeks, with “Troy”, any Norse, Angle or Saxon saga…

…spin salty maritime stories of Sir Walter Raleigh, or that Dastardly Drake….

or astound with Homeric adventures that take as long as the Arabian Nights to tell….

Needless to say, these exquisite toys are hand carved and non-toxic. They are also expensive – but a great “let’s go in together” present for your history loving sister or best friend. 

These toys are as classic as the stories they can help you tell.

The End.