In Starring Barbie #1 A Dream Come True!, Barbie gets a role in her first Hollywood movie! She learns all about acting and even gets to attend an award show! Barbie walks down the red carpet on the book’s photographic cover, featuring glitter and foil.

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In Starring Barbie #1 A Dream Come True!, Barbie gets a role in her first Hollywood movie! She learns all about acting and even gets to attend an award show! Barbie walks down the red carpet (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Five Questions for Jerry Oppenheimer, author of Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel Mattel is a beloved and iconic toy company – what first inspired you to write an expose of the “secret side” of the company? All of my previous books have been about iconic people and dynasties – The Kennedys, Clintons, Hiltons, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Jerry Seinfeld. But for my ninth book I decided to write about an iconic institution, one that was a (more…)

This book is a fresh look at the early Barbie dolls as “time capsules of the past” that mirror popular culture. The fashion trends, make-up and hairstyles of the 60s are beautifully embodied in these lovely photographs of vintage Barbie dolls. Actual ads for beauty products are shown to document the fashionable trends of the period. The author has done a wonderful job of pointing out the revolutionizing influences on the fashions and selecting dolls that perfectly embody the (more…)