While walking around toy fairs, Miller Goodman founders and children’s book authors Zoe Miller and David Goodman felt “sickened by the amount of plastic being used.” In response, they created the sort of wooden blocks that every child would love to play with and every adult wishes they’d had while growing up. These graphic blocks won the gold award at the 2009 Practical Pre-School awards, where judges noted that they “promoted good team work and sharing skills … an all-around great product.”