St Paul tells us that, in becoming a man, he gave up ‘childish things’. Growing up demands leaving behind our childish ways but it does not mean severing all ties to that world of simplicity and wonder. Through our toys, we can peer back beyond the years to a time when sweet comfort was found in ‘childish things’.

St Paul tells us that, in becoming a man, he gave up ‘childish things’. Growing up demands leaving behind our childish ways but it does not mean severing all ties to that world of simplicity and wonder. Through our toys, we can peer back beyond the years to a time when sweet comfort was found in ‘childish things’.