Kids are invited to JumpStart Town! Inside awaits a colorful, musical place where there are exciting games, swimming, sliding and more, all contained in a safe 3D virtual world. While kids explore the land, JumpStart friends will provide encouragement and directions. Games incorporate the use of letter, number, shape and color skills so kids are learning while they play.

Grizzly McGuffin is a Camp JumpStart legend. Kids are invited to discover why as they explore an endless 3D virtual world. With over 30 games, activities and missions, new friends to meet and new lands to discover, JumpStart will inspire kids’ minds through unique adventure-based learning.

Someone or something is causing trouble in JumpStart Town. Frankie and the rest of the JumpStart gang are waiting for kids to come and figure out who or what it is and help fix the crazy mess. Kids play over 40 exciting games and endlessly explore an ever changing self contained virtual world.

Calling all heroes! The color is disappearing from Camp JumpStart and no one can figure out why. Frankie and the other JumpStart friends are asking kids to explore the 3D virtual world to find and stop the mysterious villain. While on the hunt, kids will get to play over 45 activities, games and missions and use brain power to solve challenges.

This penguin rattler is filled with colored beads to entertain Baby's eyes and ears. The rattle's cute penguin face will attract attention, too. The textured handles provide tactile hand stimulation. It's a safe acoustic, tactile and kinesthetic stimulation for kids.

The Clickables technology enables girls to extend their virtual playtime in the Disney online virtual world, Fairies Pixie Hollow. Girls can bring the fun offline with friends, into the real world, with patent-pending technology. Launch date: Fall 2008.

KizMoto is a line of originally designed toy vehicles that connect kids to the KizPlanet Virtual World. Here they can explore the vast digital landscape through their toy’s avatar while customizing and maintaining their Moto’s appearance and performance. From behind the wheel of their personalized Moto, kids can race in exciting 3D gaming environments, interact with other kids and earn KizCash to “purchase” items in the virtual world. KizMoto features fully developed Kiz Toys characters and storylines, fun, user-friendly gameplay and safe interaction for kids of all ages. Launch Date: March 2009

These collectible discs connect to a virtual world on the Dokodrop website, which tracks the location of the discs as trades are made and entered. Players can also safely chat, message and play hundreds of free games. The discs are 40 mm wide and 6 mm thick, and include an eight-digit, laser-etched Doko ID. A Doko can be traded up to five times after it is initially registered, and online points, which can be used on the website or for real-life discounts, are awarded as the Doko is registered by additional people. The company calls Doko the "world's first global trading game." Doko "combines the fun of trading and collecting with a safe, social network that lets tweens safely communicate with other Doko players around the world," Brian Waldman of Mammoth Toys, a division of NSI International, told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2008.

The drink-and-wet doll is excellent for both potty training and bath time. The 13” doll features an articulated vinyl body, painted hair, blue sleep eyes and a beautiful, cotton, flower-print sundress. “Kids will love Aquini's pink scalloped-edge bath tub as well as a butterfly sponge, diaper, pink bottle and hooded terry cloth towel,” International Playthings Inc. Representative Nicole Tiedemann told TDmonthly. “The doll also includes a bath tub, sponge, hooded towel, diaper and pacifier.” Launch date: January 2008.

The interactive sing-along, story time toy features hidden surprises on each side. For example, one side features “Pat a Cake,” where children can open the oven to see the lyrics and watch a cake pop out of the oven; another side features “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” where children can lift the flap to se the words to the song and pull the star to see it vibrate. The toy is intended for children over the age of six months.

The musical ball will teach kids all about shapes and colors. Soft and sturdy, it features bright colors and multiple textures for visual and tactile stimulation. As the ball asks children to find a color and shape, the music will play to encourage their exploration and keep them entertained. The toy is intended for children over the age of six months.

Sphereplay™ is the freeform creative expression of transforming a sphere in motion into a playful, graceful and dyamic art.  This starter kit serves as an introduction to this art form. The dynamic DVD that comes with the kit provides extensive instructions.  The soft and durable Play Sphere is perfectly balanced and weighted for almost any age to succeed in learning this captivating skill.  Custom sphere pouch is also included.  Recyclable package can display on a shelf or hang on a hook.

The fast-paced game introduces players to fascinating and intriguing facts about people, places and things. “It makes learning geography fun. It gets players talking, laughing AND learning simultaneously,” Christy von Kaenel of Word Teasers told TDmonthly. “WorldTeasers piques the interest of all players to want to learn more about the world outside the USA.” Launch date: January 2008.

This book follows the original, Cathy’s Book. As this story begins, high school student Cathy is trying to keep a job, her journal is stolen, a cute crush turns out to not be who he seems to be and her best friend Emma’s side project/start-up company, Doubletalk Wireless, is about to get caught up in the mystery surrounding Cathy and her search for the truth about her father. Her presumed-dead father. Launch date: May 5, 2008.

The interactive, part romance, part thriller, part mystery book enhances novel reading for teens. It includes an “evidence pack” and a list of operational websites, phone numbers and secret codes. Readers identify with Cathy, read her story, listen to her phone messages, check out the websites she mentions and leave her messages on her MySpace.com page and on a special voicemail. Launch date: February 25, 2008.

Players are in charge of dozens of barnyard critters. Diagnose and treat their ailments using more than 30 realistic vet tools. Ride around the farm while treating 60 medical problems. Play five different minigames on your way to becoming the head vet. Treat, feed and pamper horses, calves, bunnies, ducks, sheep, chickens and more. PC platform. Launch date: March 2008.

The gift set comes with an interactive voice recorder and The Adventures of Cali, a book about the friendship between a boy and a caterpillar. Using the voice recorder, caregivers can record up to four minutes of a children’s story at the push of a button, then clip the recorder to the inside cover of a book. The recorder will activate as soon as the book is opened and allow young children to enjoy hearing a story read by a familiar voice. Additionally, adults can guide kids through a book by recording cues to turn the pages, by spelling out difficult words, or by asking questions about words and pictures. Stories can be rerecorded at any time. Batteries are included, along with a full set of replacement batteries. Launch date: July 2008.

This feathery friend comes with a hangtag that grants its owner access to Webkinz World online, where it even has a special egg chair.
— “Enough said” was Jamie Burdette’s comment when he listed Webkinz as a continued best-seller in his store, LB Toys in Media, Pa., in April 2008.
— Nine of 66 retailers named Webkinz as their best-selling toy in May 2008. Donna Stone, owner of The Perfect Present in Suwanee, Ga., displays the plush in a glass case right inside the door and, on average, sells 790 Webkinz per month.
— In spring 2008, two of 55 retailers singled out Webkinz as their best-selling novelty toy.

The 10 characters in this collection give kids access to a virtual world in which they can play games, customize their homes, and chat with other players online. Players are awarded with coins and other items through completion of certain missions.

The high quality, die cast cars come with a code that allows users to log onto the corresponding, interactive website. Once logged on, users get a garage and can fix up their cars and race them in the world of street racing, track racing and the dragstrip. Launch date: February 2008.

Use this wireless, motion-sensor controller for PCs works in place of a keyboard and mouse, allowing users to play Internet and PC games in a more natural way. Launch date: February 2008.

The interactive, touch-sensitive drawing pad comes with an LCD screen and allows kids to draw, play games and create e-cards. Kids can even play head-to-head games. Launch date: August 2008.

Kids can take their own digital pictures (640 x 480 resolution), make their own movies, edit their creations with crazy effects and share their creations with family and friends by hooking up the camera to a television set. The camera’s 16MB of built-in memory can hold up to 200 photos or five minutes of video footage. Preschool games are also included, such as photo puzzles and memory matching. The camera comes in a chunky design and is available in orange, blue or pink. Launch date: August 2008.

The interactive music station lets kids record their own songs and music and play it back on a detachable music player equipped with headphones. Kids can select from 20 kid-friendly tune, ten musical instrument sounds, five musical stylings and three rhythms. Also included are: a microphone with four voice effects, a scratch disc and a light-up keyboard for musical instruction. Launch date: August 2008.

The interactive art console allows kids to create, edit and display their work on television sets. It comes with a built-in digital camera, PC-connectivity and a variety of activities from art lessons to photo stamps and frames. Launch date: August 2008.