Adored by families throughout the LA area, this award-winning toy shop is a must-visit if your kids have an interest in dinos. The stock includes toy dinosaurs, dinosaur books...

Entertaining Elephants offers sophisticated, modern clothes and accessories, plus furniture and toys, from around the globe. There's an emphasis on natural and recycled materials.

The stock here is largely child-oriented, but the store does offer adult clothing and some worthwhile green items for the home.

Hipsters with families love the goods on offer here, from the likes of Flowers by Zoe, Trunk and Great China Wall. This stretch of Robertson is home to the whole Kitson empire:...

Quintana applies stylish modern designs to lounge pants, tank tops, T-shirts, leggings, frocks and shorts, sized for newborns up to six-year-olds.

Jigsaws remain a speciality at this friendly favourite, but there are also tons of board games, action figures, dolls and whizz-bang modern goodies.

This Studio City space, part children's bookstore and part gallery, exhibits original artwork from children's books, and hosts numerous family-friendly events (book signings,...