Babyzone.com “Amazing Toy Awards”
Babyzone.com’s favorite toys are those that are sure to become classics in your home—toys that your family will enjoy over and over again for years to come. They reward toys that are well-designed, age appropriate, safe, and encourage creative play as well as the development of vital skills. And of course, toys have to be fun, too!.

Child
Child magazine teamed up with kids at leading children's museums and a panel of safety, education, development, and design experts to test hundreds of new playthings. Their top picks for fun, educational, safe, and imaginative playthings are guaranteed to receive rave reviews.

Creative Child
“Essential to nurture your child’s creativity” is the guideline of this publication, which awarded their “Seal of Excellence” and “Toy of the Year” awards to products in the Bob the Builder, Take Along Thomas and Lamaze brands.

Dr. Toy
Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, has been for many years one of the nation's leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Auerbach selects the best educationally-oriented, developmental and skill-building products in her four annual award programs, which include Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products and Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products. Many parents, teachers and toy buyers use Dr. Toy’s guidance in making selections.

Famiy Review Center
Family Review Center was established in 2000 with a purpose, focus, and goal to provide a place for parents to find products they could trust for their children, their home, and their role as parent. Family Review Center strives to give an unsolicited, unbiased view of these products; focusing only on products about which they could speak favorably.

Great American Toy Test
For over 25 years, the Great American Toy Test has sought to locate and award toys that meet their criteria: quality, durability, ease of assembly, maintenance, short-term interest, long-term interest, educational value safety and just plain old fun.

iParenting Media Awards
iParenting Media’s Award Program provides a credible and objective method of determining the best products and recognizes those products with the iParenting Media Award. They acknowledge their responsibility to fairness, integrity and sound judgment and recognize the importance of a thorough and independent process.

National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA)
NAPPA is the most comprehensive awards program for children’s products and parenting resources. Their independent panel of judges are experts in their fields with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. They evaluate hundreds of products to select the most fun, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products so parents can make the best purchasing choices for their families.

The Seal of Approval program is designed to continue the efforts of The National Parenting Center, which was chartered in 1989 to help create better informed parents as they tackle the challenges of parenting in the new millennium.

Nick Jr. Magazine
Nick Jr. Magazine, launched in 1999, is one of the fastest-growing magazines in the Parenting category. Published nine times a year, Nick Jr. Family Magazine builds on the strength of the Nick Jr. brand to provide today's busy parents of kids age 0-11 with the latest information on child development, news and family products and the simplest creative activities and ideas for spending time as a family.

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of children's media. Their newsletter is published quarterly and is an ad-free subscription-based periodical for parents, grandparents, libraries and childcare providers. When consumers see the Oppenheim award seals on products, they can be assured that they are "award-winning" because they were selected by a noted expert in child development, children's literature, and education, and further tested by the most objective panel of judges--kids.

The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum and Gold Awards honor the best new products of the year, while the Special Needs Adaptable Product--or SNAP--Award goes to toys that work well for kids with special needs.

Parents' Choice
Identifying the best products for children of different ages, backgrounds, skills, and interests, the Parents’ Choice Awards are given to products that meet and exceed standards set by educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents, and yes, kids themselves. During their twenty-five year history, the Parents’ Choice Awards program has established the benchmarks of achievement in children’s media; trust for the consumers and credibility with the press.

Ultimate Toy Award
The Ultimate Toy Awards show debuted in 2004 as a one-of-a-kind award program celebrating play, family entertainment and the toy industry. Winners were voted by consumers and the American toy press. Produced by dick clark productions, Inc. and created through a partnership of Toy Wishes Magazine, The Ultimate Guide to Family Entertainment, and DIC Entertainment, a leading independent children's entertainment company, this ground-breaking program honored outstanding toys in twenty different categories including traditional playthings and character entertainment.