Kids Love to Play Store

Puppet Theater/Play Store

Amazon Price: $164.95 (as of 12/31/2009)

Serves as a club house, library, store, puppet theater, and more! Large wing panels provide needed privacy, enhancing creative play. Dry Erase Board panels offer flexilbe decoration or signage options. Folds for easy compact strorage.

Melissa & Doug Grocery Store and Lemonade Stand

Amazon Price: $131.44 (as of 12/31/2009)

* Removable plastic bins for pretend shopping or storage
* Removable chalkboard price signs
* Spacious countertop
* Reversible fabric awning
* 32" x 50" x 16.25" assembled

Melissa & Doug Playtime Veggies

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/31/2009)

This playset includes the freshest veggies for your little one- a tomato, cucumber, red pepper, onion, potato, carrot, and ear of corn. Recommended for ages 3 and up.

Little Tikes Shopping Cart - Yellow/Red

Amazon Price: $24.69 (as of 12/31/2009)

Though only about 2 feet high, the red-and-yellow cart is designed to resemble a grownup's cart

Supermarket Store

Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2009)

Open up your very own kid-operated supermarket store with this pretend-play set. It includes a supermarket stand with a real working transit belt, a make-believe cash register, pretend barcode scanner with realistic "beep" sound and chalkboard for advertising daily specials or writing messages to customers. There's also a child-sized shopping cart to tote groceries, pretend money for "purchases," and of course, play food.

101 Piece Play Food Assortment

Amazon Price: $47.00 (as of 12/31/2009)

Canned goods, fruits, veggies, meats, breads, pastries, desserts, and more make this 101 piece set an all-around winner.

Play Shop

Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2009)

Made of sturdy wood and equipped with a sales counter and a shelf which can be attached on either side, it gives a child the feeling of being a real shop owner. The Basar can be supplemented by a cash register and scales and innumerable other accessories, and will become a perfect selling experience. Please buy only from me now, Mummy! Contents: 1 back panel with 8 compartments and 1 shelf, 1 side shelf (to be assembled on either side), 1 counter with two shelves underneath; all pieces made from multiplex birch wood.

Play Wonder® Mini Market Set

Amazon Price: (as of 12/31/2009)

# Careful craftsmanship and grownup-quality materials help make a child's imagination soar; this set is reminiscent of a Farmer's Market fruit stand
# Made of 57% MDF wood/ 33% metal parts/ 5% solid wood/ 5% plastic parts
# Clever bins, shelves and a chalkboard are realistic touches wonderful for play
# Adult assembly required

Learning Resources Teaching Cash Register

Amazon Price: $42.95 (as of 12/31/2009)

* Talking, interactive cash register
* Great for teaching basic math skills
* Requires 3 C batteries, not included

Learning Resources Cash n' Carry Wallet

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/31/2009)

* Grown-up wallet filled with 30 bills, 40 coins, pretend credit card and bank card
* Made of nylon-like fabric with Velcro close
* Features window for photo identification, zippered coin compartment and suggested activities
* For ages 4 to 8
* zippered coin compartment

Guidecraft Wooden Grocery Products

Amazon Price: $25.00 (as of 12/31/2009)

Set includes 12 wooden food and personal care items.

Learning Resources Pretend & Play Snack Shop

Amazon Price: $25.38 (as of 12/31/2009)

106-piece Pretend&Play Snack Shop play set includes snacks, including healthy fruit, play money, write-and-wipe daily special board and other shop essentials.

Pretend and Play Supermarket Set

Amazon Price: $23.16 (as of 12/31/2009)

* Ninety three piece set
* Includes a durable cotton apron with nametag, a shopping basket, groceries, assorted dry-erasable signs, coupons, assorted plastic coins, and paper play money
* For ages 3 to 6 years
* Assorted play money
* Assorted dry-erasable sale signs

The General Store (Historic Communities)

by: Bobbie Kalman

Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 12/31/2009)

Grade 3-5. Useful for homework assignments on 18th- and 19th-century American life, these titles will also appeal to browsers. The typeface is easy to read and the attractive pictures supplement the text. General Store describes the appearance, contents, workings, and role of these businesses in the community. The full-color photos depict contemporary people performing tasks in re-created general stores on historical sites