Are you tired of all those cute but essentially brainless "beanie" dolls? We were, so to offset the trend we designed the "Little Thinkers." Let the Little Thinkers add a little culture and humor to your life. 11" Tall and oh, so smart! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Shakespeare is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest writer of the English-speaking world. Composing thirty-seven plays and several volumes of poetry, he truly had "a Muse of fire."