'Noah's Ark' is a great place for Christmas shopping, with traditional wooden toys from eastern Europe, games, jigsaws and finger puppets.

The city's best toyshop, decorated like a circus tent, draws gasps of wonder from children. Wooden doll's houses, pirate ships and gorgeous dolls are made to last more than one...

At this concept store for kids and trendy parents, T-shirts and trousers come in rainbow colours, and at pretty steep prices. Furniture and accessories are also available, as...

Brentano's is a good place to head for American classics, modern fiction and bestsellers, and also stocks a decent range of business titles. There is a children's section in...

Jacadi's well-made clothes for babies and children - pleated skirts, smocked dresses, dungarees and Fair Isle knits - are a hit with well-to-do parents. The rue d'Alésia store...

Laeticia Ivanez opened this installation space/boutique in the Marais in July 2008. The whole of the ground floor is given over to art shows, gigs and happenings, with an...

Widely renowned in the city and beyond for its comfortable, well-made cotton T-shirts, vests and other separates, Petit Bateau carries an equally coveted teen range.

Penelope Fletcher Le Masson and Abigail Altman run this friendly literary bookshop in the Marais, which also has an excellent children's section.

This is the only store in France devoted entirely to our friends electric, and as such it attracts gizmo-lovers of all ages. It's as much a showroom as a shop, with displays...

Village Joué Club, the largest toy store in Paris, is spread out on ground level in and around passage des Princes.