For Immediate Release: 5/4/05
For more information, contact: media@iparenting.com

Evanston, IL - iParenting Media announces the winners of our Excellent Products of 2005 Call for Entries, during which we evaluated items ranging from high-tech toys, baby gear, books and videos to musical instruments and sporting goods. All of the products 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.

"The iParenting Media Awards program connects parents and grandparents with the very best products in the marketplace. With that responsibility in mind, we determined the Excellent Products of 2005," says Alvin All, Chief Executive Officer of iParenting Media. "The award-winning products exceeded the high evaluation standards we set and by doing so, they earned the title of Award Winner. Because we believe these are excellent products, we share them with our audience throughout our publications and we connect consumers directly with these products 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 Excellent Products of 2005 Call for Entries:

Company Name Product Title 2 of Each, Inc Playing Soccer is Fun with Jimmy Sport Academic Edge, Inc. WSTDtv: Knowledge Is the First Step to HIV/STD Awareness Academic Edge, Inc. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Accent On Success Goal Setting for Students ACT Games, LLC. Picture+This Aeromax Inflatable Space Shuttle Alary Games Inc. Bloco-Dragons & Reptiles Alary Games Inc. Wavelength Alary Games Inc. Frog Pond All About Baby Babyography American Girl Marisol Doll & Book Artbeat LLC Creative SandAdventures Aurora World Inc. Woe Bear Baby Buddies, Inc. Baby's 1st Toothbrush/Angel Brush™ Baby Tata LLC Baby Tata Bangs Made Easy, Ltd. Bangs Made Easy Big Idea, Inc. Duke and the Great Pie War Birdcage Press Old Dinosaur Braincandy Braincandy: My 5 Senses Breyer Animal Creations a Division of Reeves International, Inc. Kona - Wind Dancers Buena Vista Home Entertainment Aladdin and the King of Thieves Build-A-Bear Workshop Build-A-Bear Workshop Bulls-Eye Creative Tieramid Omni™ Character County Productions, Inc. Down Home in Character County! Character County Productions, Inc. Getting Along in Character County! Charisma Brands, LLC Pansy CoopSport International Hit-A-Way Jr D & L Company Junior Stomp Rocket Kit D & L Company Squeeze Rocket Party Pack DLW Storyteller, Inc. The Sword and The Rose Dorel Juvenile Group Safety 1st Neat! Diaper Disposal System Dorel Juvenile Group Safety 1st Intera Convertible Car Seat Dorel Juvenile Group Safety 1st Rockin' Jitter Buggy Drip Dry Records, Inc. Squeaky Clean Presents "Pull Together" Educational Adventures The Burning House Educational Adventures Mission 547 Safety Rules! Elope Inc. Butterfly Princess Hat Fisher Price Little People® Grow to Go Tot Rod™ Fisher Price Rescue Heroes® Micro Adventures™ Deluxe Space Playset Fisher Price Rescue Heroes® QRV Ambulance Franklin Electronic Publishers Children's Talking Dictionary & Spell Corrector Free Spirit Publishing The Kids' Guide to Working Out Conflicts FridgePlay GoPlay - Snakes and Ladders Gamewright Sleeping Queens Gamewright Cuckoo Zoo Gamewright The Scrambled States of America Puzzle Go-Go Babyz Corporation Urban Advantage Gund Tootie Lets Play! Puppet Halo Innovations, Inc. HALO® Secure-Fit™ Mattress Pad HaPe International, Inc. Woody Click Ambulance Helicopter HaPe International, Inc. Funny Steps Skateboarding Hasbro, Inc. Star Wars Darth Vader Voice Changer Highlights for Children Highlights for Children I See Me! Inc. Personalized Children's Books My Very Own Name Incredible Kid LLC Write On! Printing Infantino, LLC Surfboard Tummy Time Mat Inspiration Software, Inc. Inspiration 7.6 Inspiration Software, Inc. Kidspiration 2.1 Jen Klair Kids The Color Caddy Joy Stories Under The Lily Pad Karmel Games, Inc. Anagramania! - Junior Edition Kid Tunes, Inc. Galliump! Kiddopotamus and Company BeddieBye Zip-Around Safety Blanket Kidz Gear Binoculars For Kids Koto World Little Pink Fish Laisitco Number Friends Laughing Pizza Productions Share A Smile! Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. Learning Connections™ Train LEGO Systems, Inc Speed Boat Lenox Juvenile Group, Inc. TattleTale Smart Child Seat Lettuce Leaf Productions Cooler Water Cora and Other Stories Mary Lambert Music Sing Out Kids' Safety Mattel, Inc. Matchbox® Buried Treasure™ Playset Mega Bloks Inc. Pooh House Boat™ Mega Bloks Inc. Amazing Spider-Man® Building Mommy Bib, Inc. Mommy Bib Monster Trap LP The Magical Monster Trap Mudpuppy Block Puzzle Myself Belts Myself Belts Company Name Product Title Nature's Baby Products 100% All Natural Shampoo and Body Wash Odyssey Books Noodlebug - On The Move Odyssey Books Noodlebug - Let's Pretend Odyssey Books Noodlebug - Animal Friends Odyssey Books Noodlebug - Move & Groove Organized >From The Start, Inc. BabyBriefcase® Osmosis Body-Cuerpo DVD (English-Spanish) Out of the Box Publishing Letterflip Pamela Drake Incorporated WOODKINS "Kirsty" Doll Pivit LLC. Pivit Playground Enterprises Snuggle & Play Pillow Playhouse Publishing My Family Playhouse Publishing My Sparkle Purse Playhut, Inc. Power Arcade Playhut, Inc. Dora Mega Tree House Playhut, Inc. Paint It Yourself House Playhut, Inc. Disney Princess Slumber Topper Playhut, Inc. Disney Princess Hope Chest Playhut, Inc. Princess Convertible Slumber Bed Playhut, Inc. Princess Bed Topper Polyform Products Birthday Party Projects Kit Poppular Products, LLC SnuggleMuff™ Arm Cradle Prince Lionheart, Inc. Complete Dishwasher Basket Combo Set Prince Lionheart, Inc. 2-Stage Seatsaver Progressive Trading Co. Webz Progressive Trading Co. Skrooz Protect-a-Bub USA, LLC Protect-a-Bub UPF 50+ Swim Suit QualityTime Solutions  I.M.Control!™ Que Publishing (Pearson Technology Group) Organize Your Family's Schedule In No Time R&R Games Hide & Seek Safari™ Radio Disney "Family Fun with Ernie D" Rainbow Valley Fire Department LLC Rainbow Valley Fire Department Reader's Digest Young Families Lions Reader's Digest Young Families Bears Right Brain Toys/Big Boing Tub Tunes Water Flutes S & S Innovations Inc. Wacky Water Scholastic Entertainment Mary Had a Little Lamb Stacking Ring Toy Scholastic Inc. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Scholastic Inc. Zen Shorts Scholastic Inc. Land of Elyon Book 1: Dark Hills Divide Sensory Resources The Goodenoughs Get In Sync Simon & Simon, LLC Casey at the Bat Simply Parenting Understanding Your Newborn & Infant Simtec, Co. FunSlides Carpet Skates Small World Toys Tolo First Friends Tractor SoftPlay Finger Puppet Playset - Pet Store Sourcebooks, Inc. 50,001 Best Baby Names T.S. Kids Hide'n Seek Pyramid The b EQUAL Company The History Channel Family DVD Game: Time Troopers Edition The b EQUAL Company National Geographic Family DVD Game: Show Me the Wild! Edition The Bead Shop Fashion Angels Too Cool 4 School Scrapbook The BikeBoard Company, LLC The BikeBoard The Make Baby Laugh! Company, LLC Chuckle Together! The Safe Side Don't Knows and Kinda Knows The Wisdom Pages Inc. Bullies to Buddies: How to Turn Your Enemies into Friends! Thinkeroo Studios, LLC The Monkeydoos: Gallop, Hop and Stomp ThinkFun, Inc. Charoodles ThinkFun, Inc. Toot and Otto ThinkFun, Inc. River Crossing Jr. Tinker Minds, Inc. Aerobloks™ Construction Play Set Tiny Tot Sports Baby Football Tommy Nelson Buzby the Misbehaving Bee Toysmith Puzzling Pyramid Puzzles Tree Of Life Publishing Peeper The Kinkajou Twin Sisters Productions, LLC Duérmete, Mi Niño Twin Sisters Productions, LLC 102 Children's Songs Twin Sisters Productions, LLC 102 Camp Songs TWS, Inc. I Have A Little Shadow Viva Media Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2: Chess in the Black Castle Walt Disney Home Entertainment Disney's Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh: Friends Forever Walt Disney Home Entertainment Disney's Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day Of Discovery Walt Disney Home Entertainment Disney Princess Stories Volume 2 Wild Planet Tek Tag Zobmondo!! Entertainment The Ladybug Game Zobmondo!! Entertainment You Gotta Be Kidding! The Crazy Game of "Would You Rather..?" Zocker Toys, LLC 3D Pool Table Zocker Toys, LLC Zocker Water Darts

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 newsstand magazines. 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.

iParenting offers four Call for Entries periods each year and our next Call for Entries, the 2005 Outstanding Products Call, is open now until Friday, June 10, 2005, with products being due in our Evanston, IL, headquarters by Friday, June 17. Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 3, 2005, just in time for back to school shopping. 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.