Bear Bag
Cost: $17.99
For sale at:
Noodle Kidoodle

All Dressed Up
Cost: $11.99
For sale at:
Lord and Taylor

Your daughter will love the
design of this terrific bear
backpack, which is just the right
size to hold school treasures
like pencils, pens and
bubble-gum-flavored lip gloss.

Cool Socks
Cost: $1.99
For sale at: Gap Kids (at Twelve
Oaks Mall) in Novi

Your little sweetheart
will be pretty as a pic-
ture in this daisy-cov-
ered dress.

Little feet will love the look and feel of
these multicolored socks. Available
in a variety of colors and styles.

To Top It Off
Cost: $17.99+
For sale at: Esther's Ju-
daica in West Bloom-
field

Best Backpack
Cost: $4.99
For sale at
Amazing Savings

THE APPLETREE

Once outrageously expen-
sive, these popular and
beautiful kippot (they re-
quire no clips and stay nice-
ly on just about any size
head) are now quite afford-
able.

You'll be jammin'
with this Space Jam
backpack that's big
and colorful.

Magnetic Word Kit
Cost: $19.99
For sale at: Borders Books in Birmingham
and West Bloomfield

Imagine, if you dare, all the great phrases your older son or daughter
could make with this collection of fun words. Each word is on its own
magnet, which means you can arrange and rearrange them to make
great reading for your refrigerator. There's a poetry kit, a Shakespeare
kit, and various foreign language kits (including one with Yiddish
words, for sale at The Book Beat in Oak Park).

Reader Rabbit
Cost: $27.99 (with rebates,
$9.99)
For sale at: Office Max stores

Everything you've heard about chil-
dren becoming addicted to these
games is true. But along the way,
they'll learn a lot, and you can take a
quick rest as they play.