For Immediate Release: 2/1/05
For more information, contact: media@iparenting.com

Evanston, IL – iParenting Media announces the winners of our Best Products of 2005 Call for Entries, during which we evaluated items ranging from educational toys, books, DVDs and games to helpful magazines and communication tools for parents. All of the products were thoroughly evaluated by experienced reviewers to determine which ones exceeded the standards to earn an award.

“Our goal for the iParenting Media Awards program is to connect consumers with the very best products in the marketplace. To that end, we are excited to announce the Best Products of 2005,” says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. “These products exceeded our high evaluation standards to take their place among the best in the industry. But reviews are just the beginning of our process. The next step is promoting these fine products to our magazine readers, Web site users and radio listeners. We also connect consumers directly with these items via our retailer network online directory.”

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 group 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:

Company Name Product Title 2 Virtues, Inc. Swaddleaze The Startle-Free Sleeper Aaron Barrada, Inc. PottieStickers Portable Toilet Training Reward System Accuthrow, Inc. Accuthrow Activision, Inc. Shrek 2 Always Play Fair, LLC Always Play Fair American Psychological Association Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach Baby Einstein Baby Mozart Music Is Everywhere! Baby Einstein Discover & Play Activity Gym Baby Sherpa Short Haul Sherpa BabyEQ Company Baby Feelings BABYPRO, LLC Let's Play Ball Bananafish, Inc. Big Top Pink 4PC Crib Bedding Banian Jungle Bouton d'or Acadie Tihtiyas et Jean/Tihtiyas naka Jean/Tihtiyas and Jean Buena Vista Home Entertainment Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui Buena Vista Home Entertainment Winnie the Pooh: ABC's Buena Vista Home Entertainment Lizzy Mcguire – Box Set Volume 1 Buena Vista Home Entertainment Baby Einstein: Baby Noah, phase 2 Childswork/Childsplay Dr. Playwell's Fantastical Feelings Machine Chocolate Bellies Chocolate Belly CTC Publishing Hi Dad, Let's Write! CTC Publishing Hey, Dad Let's Learn Activity Cards Daddy Products  DaddyBelt Design Your Own Design Your Own Bobble Head Discovery Toys It's a Match Disney Publishing Worldwide Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Early Advantage Muzzy Spanish Complete Elementary Program Elope Unicorn Pink Puppet Hat Emjay labs Pinxav Finis, Inc. Waterproof Kids Finis, Inc. ThermaSeal Life Jacket Fisher Price Creatrix Future Horizons, Inc Asperger's Diagnostic Assessment Galison Picture This Galison Play Scenes Genius Products Baby Genius DVD Collection Genius Products Favorite Children's Songs Green Grass Enterprises LLC Tug Bug Gustav Maxwell & Co. Crib-to-Toddler Bedding Hexabits Corporation Mini Mix 250 Hexabits Corporation Fun Bucket 1350 Imagination Development Group, LLC Chris & Amy meet Valentina Tereshkova Imagination Development Group, LLC Chris & Amy meet Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary Imagination Entertainment Nick Trivia Challenge IMPRESA Publishing Measure Match Inspiration Software, Inc. Inspiration for Palm OS Intelligent First Aid/DLH Inc. Talkin' First Aid Interstreamer Media, Inc. TV Art Gallery One DVD Kushies Baby Linko Kushies Baby Boa Kushies Baby Beanstax Kushies Baby Stacrobats Kushies Baby Gi Gi Giraffe Kritter Kushies Baby Ella Elephant Kritter Kushies Baby Dobbi Dog Kritter Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. Math Circus Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. Talking Words Factory 2: Code Word Caper LEGO Pretty in Pink Beauty Set LEGO Captain Redbeard's Pirate Ship LEGO Fire Station Limoges Jewelry 10K Mother’s Heart Slider Birthstone Pendant Logitech Logitech BuddyCam Mega Bloks Inc. Tiny’n Tuff Fast Tracks Mega Bloks Inc. Mega Bloks Buzz Lightyears Buildable Spaceship Mega Bloks Inc. Stories & Rhymes - Three Little Pigs Mega Bloks Inc. Nano N Customz – Street Racer Mega Bloks Inc. Wizards’ Armor – Radiax Dragons MGM Home Entertainment Virginia's Run Company Name Product Title Microsoft Game Studios Zoo Tycoon 2 Mobi Technologies, Inc. Digital MobiFrame New Hope Media The Adoption Guide North Star Games Cluzzle NuAngel, Inc. NuAngel Large Contoured Burp Pad Nursery Tap, LLC Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe Out of the Box Easy Come Easy Go Paka Preschool Products Ltd. Drop'N Go Emma Penguin Group USA Waiting for Birdy Playgroup Productions The REAL DEAL on Breastfeeding Playmates Toys Inc.  Water Babies Sweet Cuddler Dolls Playmates Toys Inc. Disney Sing Along Friends - Little Belle Playmates Toys Inc. Disney Read Along Friends - Little Cinderella Power Parenting Roland Gilbert's Stress-free Power Parenting System Publications International, Ltd. Story Reader Sing-Along Books and Microphone Set R&D Innovative Product Designers, Inc Ride On Carry On Razor USA LLC Razor Jr. Electric Scooter RC2 Corporation Thomas Interactive Learning Railway Roundhouse set Sandvik Innovations, LLC Kidoozle Kids and the Great Shape Rescue! Sassy Symphony Sounds Schoenhut Piano Company, Inc. Schoenhut Gloss Baby Grand Scholastic Inc. Dragon Rider Scholastic Inc. Chasing Vermeer Scholastic Inc. Cool Collections: Can You See What I See? Scholastic Parent & Child Scholastic Parent & Child School Specialty Children's Publishing Science Kit: All About Electricity Screenlife, LLC Scene It? Disney Edition Set Enterprises Jurassic Jumble Shana Banana Enterprises Inc. Banana Yoga Silver Line by Positive Parenting Convertible Satchel Baby Backpack Snowflakes Towel Cozy SoftPlay SoftSounds Book - Busy Baby - My First Words Book SoftPlay Display & Play 3-D Felt Playset Book - Let's Dress Up SwaddleDesigns The Ultimate Receiving Blanket Taggies, Inc. Taggie Toes The Learning Journey Pig E Bank TM Books & Video All About John Deere for Kids Part 1 Tommy Nelson Webster the Scaredy Spider Tuttle Publishing  The Three Virtues of Effective Parenting VBW, Inc Kid's Klues, The Complete Caregiver's Guide Walt Disney Home Entertainment Aladdin: Special Edition Walt Disney Home Entertainment Winnie the Pooh: 123's Walt Disney Home Entertainment Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas Walt Disney Home Entertainment Princess Diaries 2 Walt Disney Home Entertainment Around the World in 80 Days Walt Disney Home Entertainment Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Walt Disney Home Entertainment Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto Walt Disney Home Entertainment Walt Disney Treasure: Mickey Mouse in Black and White Volume 2 Woodbine House The New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs Word Salt, Inc. Baffle Gab Workman Publishing Pop Bottle Science Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 1 Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 2 Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 3 Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 4 Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 5 Workman Publishing Brain Quest Grade 6 Workman Publishing My First Brain Quest Workman Publishing Brain Quest for Threes Workman Publishing Brain Quest for Preschool Workman Publishing Brain Quest for Kindergarten Workman Publishing Brain Quest for the Car Workman Publishing Brain Quest America Zutano Inc. Baby and Toddler Clothing - T-shirt Zutano Inc. Baby and Toddler Clothing - Leggings

iParenting operates one of the Internet's most popular communities for parents and parents-to-be at www.iParenting.com. The company is the publisher of Family Energy: Your Guide to Raising Healthy Kids, a national newsstand magazine available at www.FamilyEnergy.com, and iParenting Media Award winners are featured in each issue of the magazine. The company also has produced the content for several other national magazines, including: Pregnancy, Baby Years, Women's Health & Fitness, The Buyer's Guide and European Homes & Gardens. iParenting's Editor-in-Chief Elisa Ast All, MSJ, writes a syndicated monthly newspaper column and hosts an A.I.R.-nominated radio show, Points on Parenting.

iParenting offers four Call for Entries periods each year and our next Call for Entries, the 2005 Excellent Products Call, is open now until Friday, March 4, 2005, with products being due in our Evanston, IL, headquarters by Friday, March 11. Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 4, 2005, just in time for the JPMA and ASTRA trade shows. To learn more and to submit your product, visit www.iParentingMediaAwards.com.

Media inquiries: media@iparenting.com, 847-556-2300. Photos and product descriptions are available.