• The backlash grows against the new tween Dora (The Globe and Mail)
• Retailers and marketers play to the sense of smell to entice consumers (Daily Press)
• The adult-targeted Barbie Bridal line joins the Barbie Golf collection in Japan (Reuters)
• Bling is out, understated is in with young girls fashion (USA Today)
• A blog that delves into children’s books of the past (BoingBoing)
• What can tween girls read after Twilight to sate their thirst for paranormal fiction? (USA Today)
• I, Robot – elementary kids in Japan get Saya, the android teacher (Gizmodo)