For Immediate Release: 5/3/06
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iParenting Media Awards Announces Excellent Products of 2006

Evanston, IL - iParenting Media Awards announces the winners of our Excellent Products of 2006 Call for Entry, during which we evaluated items ranging from high-tech strollers and car seats, innovative toys, creative sporting goods and educational software to helpful books and baby care products. All of the items were thoroughly evaluated by experienced reviewers to determine which ones exceeded the standards to earn an award.

The evaluation process created by the iParenting Media Awards program is so thorough it has attained ISO 9001:2000 Certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO is the world's largest developer of standardization regulations, and ISO 9001:2000 is an internationally recognized standard of quality assurance. Only a fraction of the companies that attempt this certification achieve it.

"Over the last decade, iParenting has been reviewing products for families and we take that responsibility seriously. The iParenting Media Awards program carefully reviews and then recognizes the best products in the marketplace and shares them with parents," says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. "Our Excellent Products Call for Entry was filled with innovative products, but only the ones that exceeded the high evaluation standards we set earned the iParenting Media Award."

To be considered for an award, each company submitted four identical samples of each product, which were then precisely matched within iParenting's database of hundreds of experienced reviewers using iParenting's state-of-the-art technology. An expert, a childcare setting and a family reviewed the products and submitted a thorough evaluation of each item. Results were compiled and submitted to the iParenting Media Executive Committee for final approval. The end result of this comprehensive process is a list of award-winning products families can feel confident in purchasing for their loved ones.

Here is the list of all the iParenting Media Award winners for the Excellent Products of 2006 Call for Entries:

Company Name Product Title ABC Development, Inc Soap Filled Bottle Scrubber with Nipple Brush Acting Out Musical Sunshine Skirt ALEX Jungle Toss ALEX Knight's Adventure ALEX Rub A Dub Dinosaur Island ALEX Rub A Dub Paradise Island Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Composition for Young Musicians Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Amazing Jamnasium Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Recorder Express Amacom Baby Read-Aloud Basics Anchor Bay Entertainment Mister Rogers Neighborhood: What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel? Animal Wow Entertainment, Inc. Dogs Wow Dogs Atea Kids Drop Stop Baby Road Trip LLC Baby Road Trip City Basic Comfort, Inc. Four-Sided Change Pad Basic Comfort, Inc. Nuzzle Nursing Wrap Basic Comfort, Inc. Inclined to Sleep/Resting Up Basic Comfort, Inc. Ultra Plush(TM) Change Pad Covers Beltkro, Inc. BELTKRO - the BELT Kids Rip Open Blue Coat Systems K9 Web protection Bouton d'or Acadie Un jeu pour Jérémie Bouton d'or Acadie Petit Paul Briarpatch Sudoku Brighter Minds Media, Inc. Noah's Ark: Baby's First Pop-Up! Brooks Pond, Inc. Carrier Cover Buena Vista Home Entertainment Kronk's New Groove Buena Vista Home Entertainment Baby Wordsworth: First Words - Around The House Casablanca Kids Inc. My Beautiful World by Jack Grunsky Casablanca Kids Inc. The Magic of Mozart Change Is Strange Change Is Strange - 4 book series Charles R. Rothschild Productions, Inc. Simply Suzi CoCaLo, Inc. Textured Sherpa Patch Blanket Corolle Bebe Do with Rattan Moses Basket Crave Entertainment The Bible Game Del-Ray Dermatologicals Baby Lizard Australian Suncream Deos Animation Studios Ribert & Robert's WonderWorld Digital Praise Inc. Light Rangers: Mending the Maniac Madness Digital Praise Inc. Dance Praise DisneyToon Studios Bambi II Do-Re-Me & You! America the Musical Do-Re-Me & You! Sound Bingo Do-Re-Me & You! Jump to the Beat Duet, Inc. Cowboy Duet, Inc. Princess EMINES Roll 'n Multiply Emphasis Products light:night portable luminary Equator Creative Media, LLC Travel With Kids Caribbean - Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ETA Cuisenaire Learning Place for Families Kindergarten - Spaces and Places for Reading and Writing Family-Facts Family Life Organizer Folkmanis, Inc. Peacock Puppet Folkmanis, Inc. Harbor Seal Puppet Folkmanis, Inc. Brer Fox Puppet Folkmanis, Inc. Brer Bear Puppet Folkmanis, Inc. Brer Rabbit Puppet Fox Home Entertainment Little Manhattan Fox Run Records Hot Air Balloon FridgePlay GoSpy Jungle Gamewright Top Speed Gamewright Thing-a-ma-BOTS Gamewright Uglydoll® Card Game Greentree Publishing Raising a G-Rated Family in an X-Rated World Gund Tiny Treasures Playset by babyGUND HABA Little Friends First Playing Set Hasbro Games Monopoly, SpongeBob Squarepants Edition Hasbro, Inc. Play-Doh Fuzzy Pumper Crazy Cuts Hasbro, Inc. Littlest Pet Shop Get Better Center Playset Hidden Spring Sisters All...and One Troll Hint Beverage Company HINT-Apple HIT Entertainment Barney(TM) Let's Go To The Beach HIT Entertainment The Wiggles(TM) Here Comes The Big Red Car HIT Entertainment Bob the Builder(TM) When Bob Became A Builder IMMI SafeGuard Go® Imperial Toy Corporation Little Tikes(R) Bubble Bellies(TM) Bubble Pup Inet Productions Inc. Jack's World Inspiration Software, Inc. Inspiration® 8 It's Not Your Fault That You're Overweight It's Not Your Fault That You're Overweight - A Story of Enlightenment, Empowerment and Accomplishment for Overweight and Obese Kids KelMar Games Corp Tricky Town Kimberly-Clark Corporation HUGGIES(R) Cleanteam(TM) Disposable Mitts with Body Wash Knowledge Adventure Math Blaster: Master the Basics Last Day of Work Fish Tycoon for Windows Laughing Fox Music FIDDLESTICKS LazyTown Entertainment LazyTown Lean Forward Media LLC Choose Your Own Adventure® The Abominable Snowman Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. Learning Friends Pop-Up Company Name Product Title Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. LeapStages Learning Piano Learning Horizons Blue's Clues Colors, Shapes, and Opposites Learning Horizons Blue's Clues All About Reading Workbook Learning Horizons Horses Know it All with Audio CD Learning Horizons Snakes Know it All with Audio CD Learning Horizons Strawberry Shortcake Addition Flashcard Learning Horizons Care Bear Numbers, Colors, and Shapes Flash Card LearningCents LearningCents Bank Legacy 52 Ways to Protect Your Teen - Guiding Teens to Good Choices and Success LEGO Systems, Inc. Classic House Building Set Lerner Publishing Group Tooth Fairy's First Night Leveractive, LLC Giggles Computer Funtime For Baby little twig Baby Basics Macaroni Soup! Stinky Cake Marshall Cavendish Verbs in Action: Spring Out Mary Meyer Night Flight Activity Set Meadowbrook Press The Official Lamaze Guide Mega Bloks Inc. Pyrates(TM) Shark Escape(TM) Mega Bloks Inc. Disney Winnie the Pooh Sound Stacker(TM) Meredith Books The Sonoma Diet Modus Five Childbirth: A Multimedia Course & Resource Kit Mommy Teach Me Spanish! Fiesta Friends DVD Vol.2 Mommy Teach Me Spanish! Vol. 2 "Que Duermas Bien - Sweet Dreams" Munchkin Deluxe Potty Seat Neat-Oh! International, LLC ZipBin(TM) Mansion Northlight Communications, Inc. Sign2Me Flash Cards: Beginner Series - Quick Start Pack Orion Enterprises trading as Bright Bubs Bright Bubs OSO Products Ltd. Co. Cart Coat(TM) - The Ultimate Shopping Cart Seat Cover Otero Games The Spider's Web(TM) Pacific Play Tents, Inc. Spring Time-Fun Time Tent & Tunnel Combo Pacific Play Tents, Inc. See Me Connecting Tunnels Pamela Drake Incorporated Monkey Magnet Puzzle Box Peg Perego USA Peg Perego Pliko P3 MT Peg Perego USA Primo Viaggio SIP Playmates Toys Inc. Bathtime Baby Princess Cinderella Quixote Group, LLC Mederma® for Kids(TM) Reader's Digest Young Families Pooh's Birthday Book Reader's Digest Young Families Walt Disney's Peter Pan Reader's Digest Young Families An Amusement Park Mystery in Ohio Reader's Digest Young Families An Alligator Adventure in Florida Reader's Digest Young Families On the Trail of Bigfoot in Washington Rio Grande Games Niagara Scholastic Inc. Good Boy, Fergus! Scholastic Inc. The Wright 3 Sega of America Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure Silver Dolphin Art Academy Paint It Silver Dolphin Explore It Earthquakes & Volcanoes Silver Line Baby Bags The Swagg Small World Toys, Inc. The World of Eric Carle: Polar Bear Touch & Stack Blocks SoccerEdge SoccerEdge Bungee Soccer Trainer Social Skill Builder School Rules! Sound Advice, Inc. NoteNiks Healthy Eating & Exercise CD Stephan Baby Boo-Bunnie® Sycamore Kids Inc. HandySitt Wooden Booster Seat Talking Fingers, Inc. JingleSpells - 20 Songs to Spell By Terri Lee Associates Terri Lee Birthday Party Fun The American Game Factory Koala Brothers: Outback Adventures The American Game Factory Franklin's Great Adventure The Children's Group Murmel Murmel Munsch! The History Channel/History Eduction Voices of Civil Rights The Language Workshop for Children Sing & Learn Spanish with Professor Toto Starter Kit The Language Workshop for Children Sing & Learn Italian with Professor Toto Starter Kit The Language Workshop for Children Sing & Learn German with Professor Toto Starter Kit The Language Workshop for Children Watch & Learn Spanish with Professor Toto - Part 1 The Language Workshop for Children Watch & Learn French with Professor Toto - Part 1 The Language Workshop for Children Watch & Learn Italian with Professor Toto - Part 1 The Language Workshop for Children Watch & Learn German with Professor Toto - Part 1 THiNKATiViTY, Inc. Sunny Sunshine Crib Toy ThinkFun, Inc. What's GNU? Ticche & Bea The Baby Clothes Quilt Kit Time Too Round the Clock(TM) Baby Tracker Touchmore GmbH Concept & Products Flingo Toy Box Innovations, Inc. Disney Princess Vol. 1 Verdict Entertainment Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep: An Album of Classical Lullabies Wai Lana Yoga Wai Lana's Little Yogis Fun Songs CD & Lyric book Wild Planet Dodge Discs Windrage Music Sounds of Life Witty Bit World, Inc. Witty Bit World Alphabet & Phonics Music Collection XBrains, LLC 21E(TM) Secret Code Game ZingerZ Incorporated The Walk-O-Long Zun Zun Tunes Water Song

iParenting Media operates one of the Internet's most popular communities for parents and parents-to-be at www.iParenting.com. iParenting's Editor-in-Chief, Elisa Ast All, MSJ, writes a syndicated monthly newspaper column and co-hosts an A.I.R.-nominated radio show, Points on Parenting, in which she features her favorite iParenting Media Award winners. Consumers can learn more about iParenting Media Award-winning products, and find out where to purchase them via our retailer network online directory, by visiting www.iParentingMediaAwards.com.

iParenting Media Awards offers four Calls for Entry each year and our next Call for Entry, the 2006 Outstanding Products Call, is open now until Friday, June 9, 2006, with products due in our Evanston, IL, headquarters by Friday, June 16, 2006. Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 2, 2006. To learn more and to submit your product, visit www.iParentingMediaAwards.com.