Shopping - Educational Products & Toys

Educational Toys & Products

• Young Minds - Educational children's products catering for children of all ages. Their brands include Brainy Baby and Baby Einstein. Based in Sydney, they offer free gift-wrapping and an Australia-wide parcel postage flat rate for educational toys and a combination of toys and DVDs. See their shop details or browse their:
  • Educational Games - Fun developmental games including board games, counting games, matching games, and card games.
  • Educational Toys - Learning bricks, blocks, puzzles, Lego, and Vtech computers and cameras
  • Puzzles - Jigsaw puzzles, cube puzzles, counting, shapes, alphabet, transport and a princess. 
  • Bilingual Dolls and Dolls available in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Japanese and Greek. Attractive dolls to inspire children's interest in languages
     
• Peanut Gallery - Specialising in educational, wooden, and traditional toys for children aged birth to 8 years. They offer free gift wrapping and hand-written gift tags. Based in Victoria, they have a flat delivery fee Australia-wide (see Peanut Gallery shop details).
   
• Cool Things is all about the latest cool gadgets, gizmos and gifts that make you say "That's Cool." Their fun science kits make learning fun. Coolthings are based in Launceston, Tasmania and deliver Australia wide and internationally. (see Cool Things shop details)
   
• Multi-Powered Products has been trading as a supplier of alternative powered products including innovative solar, wind-up, water powered, energy saving LED gadgets, educational kits, emergency products, and adventure accessories since 1996. They also encourage children to learn about concepts such as solar and water power with educational toys and fun products.
   
• Best Games - Based in NSW, this online games store has games to test player knowledge and thinking skills in their educational games. They also have word games for children and adults alike. See their shop details:
   
• For more educational toys check out the Children's Musical Instruments and Toys page.

Educational Book Shops

• Capers Bookstore Specialising in books on family health, women's issues, pregnancy and birth, fertility issues, midwifery, breastfeeding, parenting and grief; and teaching resources for midwifery and childbirth education.  Now with quality children's books. Full online catalogue.
   
• Abebooks AU Shop with the Australian and New Zealand book specialists on this Australian version of the international site. Includes new books, used books, rare books, out-of-print and collectable books, textbooks, books from independent publishers and much more.
      
• BCL Books - Check out our new Australian online bookshop with over 1.5 million titles powered by seekbooks.

Book Publishers

• Project Gutenberg has thousands of e-texts in the public domain available free. Three categories - Light Literature, Heavy Literature, and References.