For Immediate Release: 2/1/06
For more information, contact: media@iparenting.com

Evanston, IL - iParenting Media announces the winners of our Best Products of 2006 Call for Entries, during which we evaluated items ranging from imagination-inspiring toys, innovative baby gear, fun sporting goods and educational DVDs to helpful products for the home. All of the items were thoroughly evaluated by experienced reviewers to determine which ones exceeded the standards to earn an award.

The evaluation process utilized 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.

"iParenting knows how hard it is for parents to find the best products for their families and that credible product evaluations are important to them. That's why the iParenting Media Awards program carefully reviews and then recognizes the very best products in the marketplace and tells parents about them," says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. "Our Best Products Call for Entry resulted in a group of superior products earning the iParenting Media Award because they exceeded the high evaluation standards we set. Now we're sharing them with our audience and connecting them directly with consumers 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 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 Best Products of 2006 Call for Entries:

Company Name Product Title Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Plus Premiere Elements 2.0 Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Jungle Beat Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Premier Piano Course Success Kit Allegro Multimedia, Inc. Piano Wizard American Psychological Association Big Sister Now: A Story About Me and Our New Baby American Psychological Association Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal: A Tale of Tattletales Anchor Bay Mister Rogers Neighborhood: Going to School Anchor Bay The Happy Elf Angel Gate This One N' That One Pink Catillac Finger Pupper Set Armstrong Moving Pictures The Wheels on the Bus - Mango Helps the Moon Mouse Baby Delight Cuddle Cubby Baby Hands Productions, Inc. My Baby Can Talk - Sharing Signs Being a Better Me Being a Better Me - Vol. One Big Bright World, Inc. AdventurePatrol: Totally Rocks! Bilby Products LLC Bilby Shopping Cart Liner Block Publishing The Rainbow Web Boffomedia Mother Goose Rocks! Top 20 Countdown DVD Bordeaux Partners, L.P. Emily's Manners Brady Rymer Every Day Is A Birthday Bratt Corporation Bratt's Bat Briarpatch Count on Buzz Lightyear Brighter Child Interactive, LLC Totally Spies: Total Swamp Romp Buena Vista Home Entertainment Baby Einstein: On the Go Buena Vista Home Entertainment Little Einsteins: Our Big Huge Adventure Bummis Inc Polar Bummi Diaper Cover Cantarima Multimedia LLC Cantos y Rimas, Nursery Songs and Rhymes Cantarima Multimedia LLC Números y Figuras - Numbers and Shapes Classic Media Here Comes Peter Cottontail Cominda, LLC The Alphabet Stories ConsumerVision, Inc. No More Diapers DVD CoopSport International First Goal Soccer Corsierre Corsierre™ 3-in-1 Nursing Bra Upgrade DadGear DadGear Diaper Vest™ Digital Praise Inc. BUZBY: Breakin' All the Rules Digital Praise Inc. FLO: Return of the Water Beetles Discovery Toys Fascination Safari Station Edushape, Ltd. Sound Puzzle Edushape, Ltd. Wood-Like Blocks Folkmanis, Inc. Elephant Puppet Franklin Sports Junior Pop-up Soccer Goal Free Spirit Publishing Tails Are Not for Pulling board book Free Spirit Publishing What to Do When You're Sad and Lonely Fundex Games Ltd Top Spot Funrise Nylint Rock Crawler Future Horizons, Inc Sometimes My Brother Genius Products Little Tikes Imagination and Play Googolplex Games Googolplex Junior Gund Gazoo Stacking Toy - Giraffe Guys' Infant Gear Tailback Diaper Backpack HABA The Lucky Lot: Don't Be Afraid HABA The Lucky Lot: Follow Your Nose HABA The Lucky Lot: Tiny But Smart Halo Innovations, Inc. HALO® SleepSackTM Swaddle Health Communications, Inc. The Velveteen Rabbit Gift Set HL Games USA Limited GO mental FUNDAmental InchBug LLC BumpyName Jazwares Distribution, Inc. I Did My Homework! Jazwares Distribution, Inc. Project Kit For Kids - Inventions in Rockets Kayo Media Billy Blue Hair - Why do Giraffes Have Long Necks? Kaz Honeywell Permanent HEPA-TypeTower Air Purifier Kaz Honeywell Quietcare True HEPA Air Purifier Kiddopotamus and Company SnugHug™ Kiddopotamus and Company CoverFun™ Highchair & Cart Cover Kiddopotamus and Company Wonderfun Play & Change Activity Center Kids II, Inc. Bright Starts™ Bounce Bounce Baby™ Activity Zone KIDZUP Productions inc I'm Learning To Subtract Knock Knock English Super Simple Songs Company Name Product Title Kragen & Company The 12 Dogs Of Christmas Kutoka Interactive Didi & Ditto: The Wolf King Lego Systems, Inc CITY Hospital Lego Systems, Inc CITY Passenger Plane Lego Systems, Inc Ferrari 430 Spider 1:17 Little Squeaky Feet Little Squeaky Feet Me4Kidz Medibag Mega Bloks Inc. Magnimals™ Mega Bloks Inc. Magtastik™ Magnetic Wonder System™ Mega Bloks Inc. Mag-Warriors™ Coliseum Mega Bloks Inc. Tiny’n Tuff® Off-Road Set™ Melody House Gobs Of Fun Modern Publishing Chicken Fingers, Mac & Cheese . . . Why Do You Always Have To Say Please? Morning Star Games JabberJot Mudpuppy First Puzzle Museum Music Dinosaur Holiday NASA's Center for Distance Learning and Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University The Case of the Zany Animal Antics National Wildlife Federation Wild Animal Baby Neat Solutions, Inc Tidy Topper™ Neat Solutions, Inc Topper To-Go™ Feeding Kit Nolo Parent Savvy: Straight Answers to Your Family’s Financial, Legal & Practical Questions Pacific Play Tents, Inc. Large Space Dome Pacific Play Tents, Inc. Rad Racer Pit Stop Tent Paramount Home Entertainment Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas Playhouse Publishing Night Night Sleep Tight Playhut, Inc. Dora Backpack Tent Playhut, Inc. Thomas the Tank Engine Playmates Toys Amazing Amanda Preschool Prep Company Meet the Shapes Radio Flyer Radio Flyer Twist Trike Reader's Digest Young Families Rusty to the Rescue Reader's Digest Young Families The Four Seasons Reader's Digest Young Families The Months of the Year Riverdeep Destination Math® Course II: Mastering Skills & Concepts Primary Mathematics Grades 2-3 Riverdeep Destination Reading® Course I: Emergent Literacy & Phonemic Awareness Grades K-1 Ronnie Sellers Productions, Inc. Spintastik for the Family Rounder Records Beethoven's Wig: Read Along Symphonies Rounder Records Scat Like That - A Musical Word Odyssey Sandvik Innovations, LLC Ten Dancing Dinosaurs Sax Media Group, LLC StoryWatchers Club - Adventures in Storytelling: "Keys to Imagination" Scholastic Inc. Can You See What I See? The Night Before Christmas Scholastic Parent & Child Scholastic Parent & Child School Specialty Publishing Ellie: The Perfect Dress for Me! Silver Dolphin Fossil Detective Woolly Mammoth Silver Dolphin Math Mastermind Grade 2 Skip Hop, Inc. Pronto! Smiles Made Easy I Am Proud When.... thought cards by Smiles Made Easy Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Ella Jenkins - For the Family SomatoScience, Inc. The CozyMe Pillow Sonus Novus, LLC The Probably Untrue Story of Mary (who) Had A Little Lamb Sourcebooks, Inc. Poetry Speaks to Children Star Electronics On The Go Snacker Feeding Bowl SunSmart Inc. SunSmart Sun Sensor Card Taggies, Inc. Toss the Taggie Talking Fingers, Inc. Wordy Qwerty The b EQUAL Company Shrek Totally Tangled Tales The b EQUAL Company The Bible Trivia DVD Game The Clorox Company Clorox Anywhere Thirteen/WNET Cyberchase EcoHaven CSE US Games Systems Inc. Snatch Word Game Very Necessary SnugEase Bib Viva Media Genius Viva Media My Horse Farm WGBH Boston Video Peep and His Pals WGBH Educational Foundation Zoom

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.

iParenting offers four Calls for Entry each year and our next Call for Entries, the 2006 Excellent Products Call, is open now until Friday, March 3, 2006, with products due in our Evanston, IL, headquarters by Friday, March 10, 2006. Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. To learn more and to submit your product, visit www.iParentingMediaAwards.com.

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