Epoch, the Japanese toy and gaming company behind Sylvanian Families, is hoping to counter a decline in sales to children by ...

Why are adults attracted to these long-lived toys, which are for children? In early November, a shop selling Sylvanian Families dolls opened for a limited time in the Shibuya Hikarie complex in ...

where children use props to create intricate worlds. “[Sylvanians] are as flexible as a child’s imagination,” says Canales. Sylvanian Families figures on display at The Small World Play at ...

Otherwise referred to as Calico Critters by our friends over in the US, Sylvanian Families is a particular brand of children’s figurines which encapsulate a sense of pastoral wonder. Created in ...

Macmillan Children’s Books has announced a five-year deal for new Sylvanian Families publishing in English in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the US. “This major acquisition is ...