Who makes the toys children play with every day in school and at home? What are the working conditions like for people who form part of the supply chain for the world's toy industry? This book looks at the impact our purchase of toys has on our lives and on the environment and asks how we can improve our lives and those of others with the things we buy.

 

This book is part of a book series called Consumer Nation .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Mary Colson has written and edited books for children and young adults.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The truth behind toys
• 2: Toy world map
• 3: Global trade
• 4: Supply and demand
• 5: Quality control?
• 6: The blame game
• 7: What is fair trade?
• 8: Dream factories?
• 9: Child's play?
• 10: Toys, trafficking and desperation
• 11: Assembly lines and overtime
• 12: Toys and toxins
• 13: The rubber tapping trade
• 14: Chemicals and cotton
• 15: Caution: this toy may harm your health!
• 16: Waste matters
• 17: Healthy play
• 18: Making changes
• 19: A childhood for everyone?
• 20: Fair play
• 21: Shop to change the world
• 22: Glossary
• 23: Index