Developed under collaboration by Large Animal Games and Lifetime Games, Fashion Solitaire allows players to design clothing collections, assemble outfits, and email fashion show photos to friends. Launch date: June 2008.

From the creators of Diner Dash, this comedic game about the workplace gives each player Denise’s job of trying to motivate and keep control of some crazy coworkers. It features more than 40 animated sitcom scenes, 11 employees and four types of work tasks. It is rated “T” for crude humor, mild suggestive themes and use of tobacco. Availability is exclusive to Target. Launch date: March 1, 2008.

Brighter Minds Media, LLC joins Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to introduce this DVD board game. The game consists of a game board, a game DVD, 25 dinosaur fact cards, four playing pieces and a six-sided die. The interactive DVD features over 300 dinosaur trivia questions, seven activities, clips from all three Jurassic Park movies, hours of all-new 3-D animation and more. Three distinct skill levels allow players of different abilities to play together.

Intended for the whole family, this game, starring Marvel favorites such as Spider-Man, The Hulk, The X-Men and more, features footage from Marvel TV shows as well as hours of brand-new animation, hundreds of trivia questions, and seven interactive DVD activities. Each game comes with a game board, a game DVD, 25 villain fact cards, four playing pieces and a six-sided die. Players can select from three skill levels for each player and can select how long they want the game to be. This product is a winner of the 2007 Creative Child Preferred Choice Award.

Children can play super-sleuth Nancy Drew as they travel to England and delve into the dark legends lurking in the shadows of an English Manor, facing their fears to find the truth. The DVD game includes two levels of difficulty and a bonus Nancy Drew PC game, offering hours of fun for mystery lovers of all ages. It works with any standard TV, DVD player and remote, and can be played alone or with family and friends. Launch date: June 2007.

This storybook gives readers the opportunity to create over 40,000 adventures starring some of Marvel’s Mightiest Superheroes. Each page is segmented into five panels that can be mixed and matched to build thousands of unique stories. “Readers don’t just read this book; they play with it to make their own adventures. The classic Marvel art appeals to all comic book and superhero fans, and the innovative format puts a fun twist on the classic storybook,” Emily Schaeff, product marketing manager at Brighter Minds Media, told TDmonthly. Launch date: November 2006.

This edition of the educational DVD game is geared toward grades 3 to 5, and although the kids can play by themselves or with friends, mom and dad can also take part to turn it into a family game of knowledge. The fun quiz questions are supplemented with logic, text and audio games to keep children interested as they learn. Exciting action games are offered as a reward, motivating kids to advance. Launch date: Fall 2006.

This new educational DVD game lets a whole family play together in the comfort of their living room, using just a DVD player, TV and remote control. The game is based on Brain Quest, the No. 1-selling question-and-answer game for kids. The fun quiz questions are supplemented with logic, text and audio games to keep children interested as they learn. Exciting action games are offered as a reward, motivating kids to advance. There are two versions, including one for ages 8 to 10, with more than 450 questions and answers in each game. Each DVD game includes a free mini Brain Quest deck. Launch date: Fall 2006.

This book helps children learn with the same methods used in classrooms. Designed by elementary school teachers to be easy for parents to help their children learn and maintain skills, each book is 396 pages, full color and perfect bound with an embossed cover. The book includes a 30-minute study set per day for 50 days, teacher-developed assessment pages that help parents determine where their child may need extra help, teacher-developed activity pages with tips on how to use everyday events, items, locations, etc., to reinforce the day’s subjects and a certificate of completion. Available separately are 30 Minute a Day Kindergarten and 30 Minute a Day Grade 1. Launch date: 2006.

The friends are all hungry, but what should they eat? How about a tasty and healthy fruit treat! Spike, Jango, Oppenheimer, Abby, Peabody and Penelope have all brought a different fruit. Kids will learn about each as they add it to the salad and then watch it disappear as the page is turned. This case-bound PBS Kids board book features plastic fruit pieces that can be seen from the cover and disappear as the page is turned, plus a guide for the parent or caregiver to follow. It’s written by Ellen Weiss and illustrated by Jason Jourdan. Launch date: 2006.

Rhyming text and colorful illustrations describe six different feelings in this fun new PBS Kids book about emotions. Each emotion is represented with a face on an interactive spinning wheel. Children will be encouraged to spin the wheel to match the face with the feeling described on the page. The case bound board book features a guide for the parent or caregiver to follow. It’s written by Ellen Weiss and illustrated by: Jason Jourdan. Launch date: 2006.

Clap the puppet’s hands to hear this classic nursery rhyme. A high-quality hand puppet and beautiful illustrations will entertain young readers. When the puppet’s hands are pressed together, a “read-to-me” feature is activated and the puppet really reads along with each page of the book. Parents can choose to read aloud or let the adorable plush puppet read for them.

Players will collect rare gems, valuable coins and prized amulets, and piece together the elusive treasure map that will lead them to great riches and wild adventure. They’ll journey to exotic locales, past Cutthroat City and beyond Fire Mountain, where a glorious trove of treasure awaits. They’ll challenge themselves with the Puzzle mode, where they must use cunning and craftiness to win the game with a set number of cannonballs.

Kids play Flo, who has ditched her boring desk job and is rolling up her sleeves and setting out to build her own empire of high-class restaurants. Flo will have to move fast to master the art of Diner Dash. She’ll seat the customers speedily, keep them happily fed and watch the tips and profits roll in. There are 50 challenging levels, 5 different types of unique customers and 2 modes of play: Career and Endless Shift. (Read Review)

Kids can enter magical gardens, where a fairy-in-training waits to show the way in this PC CD-ROM game rated “E” for “Everyone.” There, they will plant seeds, harvest flowers, restore fountains and watch their gardens bloom … but they must beware! Weeds, rocks, insects and the clock are all waiting to make this game a fun-filled challenge.

A mother teaches her daughter values througout the trials and tribulations of growing up. This book comes with a CD featuring music performed by Lee Ann Womack.

Baby Bear knows her Mommy loves her because she does so many special things for her. She wakes her in the morning with a hug and sends her to sleep at night with a kiss. And in between, Mommy builds with blocks, makes pancakes with a face, gives her bubble baths and other fun stuff. This board book is meant for moms and kids to read together. It's illustrated with foil stamps. Launch date: 2005.

This colorful board book illustrated with foil stamps is meant for daddies and kids to read together. Baby Panda tells the story of how he knows his Daddy loves him: because he buys him a special treat at the fruit stand, reads him the newspaper, and does crafts with him on rainy days. But the best part, of course, is when Daddy reads him a bedtime story ... like this book! Launch date: 2005.

Based on a song by the same name, this board book tells the story of Jesus' life to Mary as she holds her new son in her arms. An accomopanying CD of the song is performed by Kenny Rogers and Wynona Judd. Launch date: 2005.

A dad's on the road, but he's "already there" at home for his kids, he tells them on the phone. This board book is based on the song by Richie McDonald, Gary Baker and Frank Myers. It includes a CD performed by Lonestar. Launch date: 2004.

This board book encourages children to imagine what it will be like to walk with Jesus one day. It's based on the popular song by Bart Millard and is accompanied by a CD of the song, performed by Jeff Carson. Launch date: 2005.

This board book can be personalized in the front with a presentation page that has spaces for the gift giver's and receiver's names, the date, and also includes a slot for a photo. The book tells the simple story of mothers teaching their daughters to appreciate the simple things in life as they grow from babies to mothers themselves. The book includes a special CD with a song performed by Martina McBride. Launch date: 2006.

This board book is also a fold-out animal surprise book, filled with bright photos of the world's cutest animals. Kids read clues and get glimpses of their dream pet while unfolding the pages and unveiling the mystery. What has yellow feathers and webbed feet? The most adorable duckling ever captured on film. Photographs are by Phoebe Dunn, whose 20 children's books have sold more than 12 million copies.

This Soft Duck Colors Book is graced on the cover by a plush portrait of Rainbow Duck himself. Inside the board book, the flocked illustrations lead Rainbow Duck on an excursion into the world of colors. He learns all about yellow and blue, and green and pink, too. Illustrated by Simone Abel, the text is by Yvette Lodge.

From the plush portrait on the front, to the flocked illustrations inside, this board book is fuzzy indeed. Peekaboo Polar Bear learns to count from 1 to 10, using the animals that surround him in his icy home. From one wet whale, spouting in the sea to nine naughty penguins, being silly around a tree, kids will be introduced to numbers and the arctic world all at once.