March 2009 Notable Toys — Preschool

Soft, safe cloth pieces include a teapot, sugar bowl with removable lids, 2 cups, 2 saucers, 2 spoons, a tablecloth tied with a ribbon, and a saucy ruffled basket. The roomy basket opens on both sides to store all the pieces.

This tool box and its tools are soft toys made of sturdy fabric. Included are a hammer, drill, screw driver, ruler, saw, wrench, and of course, the toolbox to store all the tools in.

This game comes with a colorful spinner and corresponding shapes that fit into puzzle board with color-corresponding cut-outs. Launch date: 2009.
— “eeBoo is excellent,” Elizabeth Ryan, owner of Tales & Toys in Venice, Calif., told TDmonthly of this preferred vendor in late 2008. One other retailer, out of 52, also mentioned eeBoo as a favorite.

Handy Manny's truck comes with several tools for fixing broken parts, along with blueprints to aid kids as they make the repairs. The back of the truck opens up into a toolbench for extra play value, and the toy includes a Manny button that offers helpful phrases and plays the "We Work Together" song from the "Handy Manny" television show.

This indoor/outdoor pony makes a galloping sound when its left ear is pressed and moves its legs and swings its tail as the rider bounces up and down. It includes brakes, has a 4' steering radius and requires three AA batteries (included). Weight limit is 160 lbs.

The Disney Fairies Tink's Talking Café boasts 13 accessories and various sound effects, including the sound of running water from the flower-shaped faucet and bubbling and whistling sounds when the teapot is placed on a burner. It is a Toys "R" Us exclusive. Launch date: Fall 2008.