Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1. An Introduction to My World of Literary Toys 1
6. 2. Toys: Their First Ten Thousand Years 10
7. 3. On the Couch with Calvin, Hobbes, and Winnie the Pooh 34
8. 4. Coming out in Flesh and Blood 59
9. 5. Where Have All the Young Men Gone? 76
10. 6. The Doll Connection 95
11. 7. Magic Settings, Transitional Space 118
12. 8. The Animal-Toy League 136
13. 9. Beyond the Last Visible Toy 157
14. 10. Life(size) Endowments: Monsters, Automata, Robots, Cyborgs 180
15. Notes 205
16. Bibliography 233
17. Index 249