The stories we tell and the games we play growing up
The children's book character Miffy was created by Dick Bruna in 1955
It's 60 years since Thunderbirds first blast onto TV screens
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
In 1978, British artist Eric Hill designed a book about a puppy for his two-year-old son
In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl
The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time
A family of real boys inspired JM Barrie to write the story of Peter Pan.
The man who spotted the potential of the boy wizard books in 1996
Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, was published in January 1964
The first child of South Asian background to become America's Spelling Bee champion.
It's 60 years since the Disney film was released, based on writer PL Travers's book
The Dr Seuss books revolutionised reading in America in the 1950s.
The first book in CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series was published in autumn 1950
One of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958.
Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll which was first sold in 1959
Christmas 1983 saw frenzied shoppers buy three million Cabbage Patch Kids
