• Siku die-cast vehicles - just like Matchbox and Dinky cars used to be (pictures to be available online as soon as we receive them from our supplier...)
• Calafant cardboard castle, palace and treehouse - great fun for a rainy day, they just fold and slot together and can be coloured if you like.
• Geo Puzzles - colourful cardboard puzzles where the pieces are the same shape as countries or states
• Solar Power kits - have fun making a working boat or radio and learn about solar power at the same time!

Plus we have an expanded range of dressing-up clothes - the Velvet Plum and Starcatcher Princess outfits are beautiful and the new fairy sets (Garden, Midnight and Candy Floss) are great value, from just £12.50.

We thought we had loads of them in stock before Christmas but still sold out. The ever popular Moulin Roty small and Large Wooden Tools Boxes are now back in stock!

Childhood's Dream is pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for two of the Winchester Business Excellence Awards:

• The Whitwam Business Excellence through Technology Award
• The e-Hampshire Award for Excellence online

Childhood's Dream has been developed as a "Clicks and Mortar" business from the start and we are delighted by this shortlisting and the recognition it implies of our commitment to excellence through the application of advanced IT to both our shop and website.

The 2010 Winchester Business Excellence Awards recognise the achievements of local businesses and reward them for their commitment to excellence. Supported by Business Link Wessex, the judging of the competition will be undertaken by a panel of leading business people, resulting in four finalists for each category. Each finalist will be invited to attend a glittering awards ceremony at Winchester Guildhall.

In 2008, Childhood's Dream was delighted to be the sponsor of the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market Father Christmas Grotto.

This year we are taking our sponsorship one stage further and taking over the day to day management of the Grotto, organising the queues and providing Father Christmas' gifts for the children.

We are expecting up to 2,000 visitors to Father Christmas this year and each child will receive a gift bag that will include a small wooden toy from our shop and a chocolate provided by the Alresford Chocolate Company. Spaces are limited and while you can pay on the day, we recommend that you book in advance to avoid disappointment. Tickets are available from the Cathedral Box Office (Tel: 01962 857 275).

The Grotto is positioned next to the War Memorial and opposite the main doors of the Cathedral. Next to it will be Childhood's Dream's Christmas toyshop. We will have many special toys here for sale, many of which have been specially sourced for the Christmas Market. These include Haba Christmas Toys and Gifts specially imported from Germany.

There will also be many soft toys as well as wooden toys on sale, including an extended selection of George Luck Jigsaws, Kathe Kruse Dolls, Lilliputiens play sets and Moulin Roty cuddlies.