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March 2009 New Specialty Toys — Educational





Age Range: 4 to 8
Launch Date: July 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Books
Creative Activities
Educational



At home or away, little adventurers will enjoy engaging in wild pastimes with magnetic Sudoku, tangrams and other games, and venturing on safari in imaginative play scenes. There are 18 games, puzzles and play scenes, more than 100 magnets, a zipper bag for storage, and a handy flip-over magnetic back cover. Launch date: July 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22284      (added 1/30/2009)
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Age Range: 8 to 14
Launch Date: January 2003
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Books
Creative Activities
Educational



This product includes 20 super-cool drawing and design projects, from hieroglyphics to superheroes to Van Gogh. It comes with punch-out, reusable stencils kids can use in their designs. "Easy-to-handle wire-o binding makes each book user friendly," Rasheen Hewlett, marketing assistant for Peter Pauper Press, told TDmonthly. It was a 2006 NAPPA Honors award winner. Launch date: 2003.
— Debbie Rogers, owner of Bear and Friends in Johnson City, Tenn., told TDmonthly in a January 2012 survey that they sell a dozen or so Scratch and Sketch books each month, making them a top selling arts and crafts item.
— In an April 2015 survey, two out of 10 retailers told TDmonthly that scratch art was a best-selling travel toy.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22280      (added 1/30/2009)
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Age Range: 3 to 8
SKU or Item #: KDC001CD
Launch Date: January 2003
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Audio & CD
Interactive
Educational



The "Body Bingo" CD, by Diane Cantwell, a specialist in education and dance, offers fun-filled manipulative activities using a bean and scarf, making it perfect for home and school activity time. The upbeat music and easy-to-follow verbal cues help teach body identification, locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills, improve coordination, balance and agility, and stimulate the imagination. It includes a guide, and Body Bingo cards are also available. "It feels like a game, but offers educational music and movement value," Elaine Murphy, director of sales and marketing for Kimbo Educational, told TDmonthly. This product received a 2003 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Launch date: 2003.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22277      (added 1/30/2009)
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Age Range: 7 and up
SKU or Item #: 6825
Launch Date: July 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Board Games
General Games
Educational



In this game of secret colors and surprise endings, someone will have four in a row before you know it. Players reach into a bag and pull out a token, which might be their color, an opponent's color or a wild card. Players can place their tokens on the board to extend their row, block another player, or fool others into thinking they have a different color then the one they really have. The ultimate goal is to get four tokens in a row. "The whole family can play this simple-to-learn strategy game," Barbara Uebelacker, PR manager for Patch Products, told TDmonthly. Launch date: July 2009.
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22211      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 12 and up
SKU or Item #: XB60RED
Launch Date: February 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Creative Activities
General Toys
Educational



X-Ball®, the newest creativity toy from the makers of the award-winning Ball of Whacks®, presents a whole new playful way to stimulate creativity. The set of 30 X-shaped magnetic design pieces click together to form a geometric orb. The uniquely angled X-shaped pieces allow imaginative users to invent their own shapes and designs. The X-Ball comes with an illustrated, 96-page creativity guidebook that offers lots of ideas for other fun shapes and creative applications. "X-Ball was created as a companion toy to the award-winning Ball of Whacks, and its unique X-shaped pieces can be combined the magnetic pyramids for creative play," Lynn Araujo, communications director for Creative Whack Company, told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 15, 2009.

Past Videos: ASTRA 2009
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22210      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 8 and up
SKU or Item #: PR543
Launch Date: January 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Card Games
General Games
Educational



This classic card game features Presidents of the United States, including biographical highlights and outstanding accomplishments in office. Updated for 2009, Deck III features 15 Presidents, from Coolidge to Barack Obama. Deck I, Deck II and a three-deck set are also available, and are suitable for most card games. "This timely deck features four bonus cards of Barack Obama, featuring biographical information about the 44th President," Lynn Araujo, communications director for U.S. Games Systems, told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22203      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 5 and up
Launch Date: December 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Arts & Crafts
Books
Educational



Kids can create and illustrate their own story in an accordion book, then mount it in a box with a cover that they design. The kit includes enough materials to create three box books, plus one special house-shaped book. "Eye Can Art kits provide an open-ended art experience with high-quality materials and clear instuctions. All kits are multi-use, meaning the projects can be done with a friend, sibling, family member, or multiple times by the same child," Shannon Ninburg, co-owner of Eye Can Art, told TDmonthly. Launch date: December 2008.
Awards: 2009 Creative Child Top Toy of the Year Award
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22201      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 2 to 10
Launch Date: February 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Audio & CD
Eco-Friendly
Educational



This album is Abby's third rockin' release and winner of an iParenting Media Award. Featuring a wide array of genres and instrumentation, including pop, rock, funk, country, rockabilly and calypso, it offers 45 minutes of fun, danceable tunes that will have the whole family on their feet. Interactive songs spotlighting four-part harmonies engage kids and get them moving. As a bonus, the CD is made from eco-friendly packaging with recycled cardboard, veggie inks and recycled water bottles. The CD features "educational and encouraging themes written into catchy tunes that are great fun for kids and parents alike," Michele Senitzer, owner and creator of Pipsqueak Productions, told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 11, 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22200      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 3 to 10
Launch Date: January 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Interactive
Plush



Timmy Tock is an interactive learn-and-play clock doll that helps children learn the basic elements of daily time. The soft, plush clock comes with more than 40 accessories, plus a reverse section to apply all the different "Tell the Time" components. This product is both a cuddly toy and a practical teaching aid, and is suitable for one-on-one "Learn and Play" as well as larger group teaching activities. Launch date: January 5, 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22199      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 4 to 8
SKU or Item #: kim 9304CD
Launch Date: March 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Music
Audio & CD
Educational



This CD by RONNO will encourage children to grow as individuals, learners and responsible citizens. The song lyrics focus on timely and important topics, such as bullying, respect, responsibility, compassion, conflict resolution, self-esteem and more. Positive songs support solid character building, and the music is lively and fun. An extensive guide is included. Launch date: March 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22196      (added 1/23/2009)
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SKU or Item #: 29510JC
Launch Date: January 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Arts & Crafts
Furniture & Decor
Educational



This mobile island organizes three popular sizes of construction paper, five reams of 9” x 12”, nine reams of 12” x 18” and one ream of 18” x 24” paper. It secures paint behind a lockable door and features an E-Z to clean, white laminate worktop. Keys and four clear cubbie trays are included. The unite measures 39.5” W x 29” D x 29.5” H and boasts KYDZSafe® edges, KYDZTuff® finish and KYDZStrong® construction. It is mobile and caster mounted with a lifetime warranty. The island "provides a mobile place for art, including a work surface, plenty of storage and a lockable/secure area," Nick Schwarz, VP of marketing for Jonti-Craft, told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22195      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 2 and up
Launch Date: October 2007
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Music
Educational
Audio & CD



Alphabet Rockers is a cool educational music CD for pre-K to early elementary school children. It incorporates original hip-hop beats, DJ-style scratching, reggae grooves, contemporary urban sounds and rock guitar. Singer Kaitlin McGaw and former "4 Non Blondes" drummer Dawn Richardson collaborated on the high-energy beats and contagious lyrics that will keep parents and their kids dancing and moving while they learn. "Alphabet Rockers" is a 2008 Parents' Choice and 2008 National Parenting Publications award winner. "The hip, urban sounds appeal to both adults and children," Barbara Zamost, owner of Zamost Public Relations, told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 2007.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22194      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 6 and up
SKU or Item #: 71047
Launch Date: November 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Arts & Crafts
Educational
Furniture & Decor



Both decorative and informative, this 36" x 24" ready to hang picture depicts the continental United States through state license plates. The image is available in several presentation styles: Contemporary Mount (with beveled edge), Creative Canvas Wrap, Framed Canvas, Gallery Framed, Heritage Framed and Art Block Mounted. "Art4Kids is not sold in discount stores. Our artwork has no glass to break in a child's environment," Joy Phillips, founder and owner of Creative Images, told TDmonthly. Launch date: November 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22191      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 6 and up
SKU or Item #: WS/40
Launch Date: May 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Eco-Friendly
Science & Nature



Children can make their own Inter Galactic Worlds and Biome Systems, as well as ant space food. They will see ant gardens, ant pools and ant baby hospitals. "All the ECO System range of kits are also designed to be interconnected. So Ants and Worms can go and explore the ECO Dome and Future Farms," Agatha Pan, international sales manager for Tree Toys Corp., told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22182      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 10 and up
SKU or Item #: WS/32
Launch Date: June 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Eco-Friendly
Science & Nature



This hydroponic farm features 'magic' capillary wick feeding of special liquid nutrients to big biodome gardens where kids can grow their own sandwich fillings — without soil. It offers "leading-edge science for feeding populations where soil is poisoned or non-existent. We supply lab equipment and chemicals for kids to make their own liquid nutrients [and] purify and balance pH. Twin tanks and twin drainage reservoirs means two separate farms can compare different nutrients at same time," Agatha Pan, international sales manager for Tree Toys Corp., told TDmonthly. Launch date: June 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22183      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 10 and up
SKU or Item #: WS/28
Launch Date: January 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Eco-Friendly
Vehicles - Riding



Kids can make their own eco science lab and be a planet-saving sleuth. The kit covers hygometers, humidity, air and CO2, pH monitoring, water pollutants and more through step-by-step beginner activities and later challenges that build knowledge and exercise problem-solving skills. It includes a workbench young scientists can use to organize their methods and equipment. The Eco Forensic Lab was "designed by a world-leading children's science and technology edutainer and learning specialist with many global awards and over 30 years in the field," Agatha Pan, international sales manager for Tree Toys Corp., told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22181      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 5 to 14
Launch Date: November 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Arts & Crafts
American-Made



Winner of 19 educational toy awards, the Circus Kit offers hours of unique optical illusion eye-hand coordination fun and independent play in reasoning and art. Kids find and crayon morphed shapes on distorted coloring pages to make color appear in the right place in the circus cartoon reflections. Challenges include completing the morphed drawing, sketching your own morph, navigating a morphed maze, completing a morphed connect the dots, predicting a reflection, and more. The activities help develop logic and perception skills, flex problem-solving mental muscles, exercise fine motor control, test spatial intelligence, and spark imagination and creativity. The Circus Kit contains 32 morphed circus coloring pages activities, two mirror-perfect Morph-O-Scopes (easy assembly), 16 non-toxic crayons, a Circus Kit Enrichment Guide for extra learning value, and instructions in English, Spanish and French — all in a portable “desk" convenient for travel. The activities engage boys and girls, kids, tweens, teens and adults, as they have universal, cross-cultural appeal. The Circus Kit is made in the USA and meets or exceeds all U.S. safety standards. Launch date: November 24, 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22178      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 8 and up
SKU or Item #: RL921
Launch Date: November 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
Videos & DVDs
School Supplies



Everyone loves rapping along and learning multiplication with D.J. Doc—the Hip Hop Hamster. Positive lyrics, super-cool rap music, and high-energy action make these multiplication rap songs irresistible. Multiplication facts through 12 are easy to learn and remember with these fun rap songs — a different one for each set of rap facts. The DVD run approximately 50 minutes and now includes Skip Counting songs. Choose from DVD video or audio CD & book programs. Launch date: November 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22174      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 5 to 12
SKU or Item #: JS09-2
Launch Date: January 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Music
Educational
Gifts



"American Heroes #3" educates and inspires children with original songs about some of America's greatest citizens. Award-winning singer-songwriter Jonathan Sprout's careful research and creativity have led to this top-notch collection of pop-rock tunes with an educational focus. Launch date: January 13, 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22163      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: February 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Educational
General Games



Unlock this treasure chest using a unique magnetic closure and behold shiny gold coins and number cards. Spend the next 15 minutes in a delightful battle over addition, subtraction and multiplication for 2 to 4 players. Children will be able to challenge older siblings and adults by combining numbers 1 to 10 in simple equations. Find the two gold coins that show the correct mathematical answer. A calculating disc is included as a self-check mechanism. Instruc-tions are included as well for a solo game variation. Launch date: February 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22227      (added 1/23/2009)
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Age Range: 3 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Action Figures
Educational



This breathtaking replica of an ancient winged-wonder is the latest addition to our dino collection. Accurate according to the most up-to-date paleontological research. Replica measures 4.25” L x 3” H. Hand painted, phthalate and lead free. Ages 3+. Includes a 5 language educational hangtag. Safari Ltd. exceeds all safety standards. Safari Ltd's products are 100% guaranteed. See all of dino replicas at www.safariltd.com.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22153      (added 1/22/2009)
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Age Range: 3 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Action Figures
Educational



Historically accurate representations of iconic Roman figures including: a gladiator, Emperor Caesar, a Senator, a Noblewoman, a Centurion, a Roman General, a Legionnaire, a section of aqueduct, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, a Triumphal Arch and a Roman warship. Figures measure from 1” to 3”. Hand painted, phthalate and lead free. Ages 3+. Includes a 5 language educational label. Safari Ltd. exceeds all safety standards. Safari Ltd's products are 100% guaranteed. See all the Historical Collection replicas at www.safariltd.com.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22152      (added 1/22/2009)
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Age Range: 3 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Action Figures
Educational



A stunning depiction of one of the most elusive and clever animals of the forest; the red fox. Collect this latest citizen of the National Parks along with an array of other North American beauties. Fox measures 3.5” long x 2” high.  Hand painted, phthalate and lead free. Safari Ltd. exceeds all safety standards. Safari Ltd's products are 100% guaranteed. See all the forest dweller replicas at www.safariltd.com.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22151      (added 1/22/2009)
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Age Range: 3 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Action Figures
Educational



An amazing replica of an unlikely creature! This armored and armadillo-like anteater inhabits the tropical forests in parts of Africa and Asia. Safari Ltd. brings yet another interesting animal to the Incredible Creatures Collection. Replica measures 7.25” H x 3” H. Hand painted, phthalate and lead free. Ages 3+. Includes a 5 language educational hangtag. Safari Ltd. exceeds all safety standards. Safari Ltd's products are 100% guaranteed.
Awards: A TDmonthly Classics Award for being an all-time favorite toy.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22150      (added 1/22/2009)
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Age Range: 3 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Action Figures
Educational



Safari Ltd’s newest denizen of the deep! This remarkably strange creature with its eel-like body and gaping, angular mouth is accurately reflected in this new replica. Replica measures 11.75” L x 3.75” H. Hand painted, phthalate and lead free. Ages 3+. Includes a 5 language educational hangtag. Safari Ltd. exceeds all safety standards. Safari Ltd's products are 100% guaranteed. See all the Incredible Creatures at www.safariltd.com.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22149      (added 1/22/2009)
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