May 2009 Notable Toys — All

My Baby Can Talk – Exploring Signs introduces babies to twenty-four words and signs to encourage them to explore and begin to communicate about the wonders of the world around them. This playful exploration presents baby’s expanding world in a fun and fascinating way – offering words and signs for colors, foods, nature and play. This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – Exploring Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

My Baby Can Talk – Sharing Signs takes babies and their parents on an inspiring discovery of twenty-four words and signs that babies and parents love to share – including apple, bath, ball, diaper, elephant, flower, help, please, share, sleep and thank you! This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – Sharing Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

The My Baby Can Talk – First Signs Board Book invites babies and parents to come on an engaging and interactive journey to discover the first twenty-four signs and words that are most loved by babies – including eat, drink, milk, more, book, go and favorite animals! This charming board book can be used to support the words and signs presented in the My Baby Can Talk – First Signs DVD or introduce this book separately for hours of educational enjoyment.

A complete early language development book series recommended by pediatricians, trusted by parents and loved by babies. Crying is one way that babies can communicate – offer your baby another. These delightful board books are the perfect compliment to the My Baby Can Talk Award Winning DVD series or offer these books separately for hours of educational enjoyment with your little one. Jump start communication today before your baby can speak!

Each page comes alive with the word, a vibrant real world image and a delightful poem for you to share with your baby. You will also find an illustration of the sign and a formal sign description for you to learn and offer to your little one.

The My Baby Can Talk™ board book series includes three books that teach babies and parents to communicate at an early age, reducing frustration and creating a special bond that is so important for healthy child development. My Baby Can Talk teaches babies and parents American Sign Language (ASL) in a format that delights the senses while tapping into a baby’s natural language abilities.

Babies are able to communicate at a much earlier age than they are able to speak. Research has shown that babies who use sign language tend to speak sooner with larger vocabularies, show an increase in IQ scores and engage in more sophisticated play.

Inspiring early language development – from simple gestures to first spoken words!

Dressing a baby in the morning or anytime is too much fun with this sweet "Shopping on the Square" baby sock collection. Each pair of socks looks like a little shoe flat and embellished with a bow. Choose from a pair of light pink flats with a hot pink bow, chocolate brown flats with a light pink bow, or a pair of hot pink flats with a white bow. The box is illustrated with an adorable scene of cute shops from the Baby Spa Shop to the Sweet Pastry Shop.

This is one delectable collection too sweet to pass up. The Patisserie collection includes three pairs of booties in the classic Mary Jane style embellished with a girly double lace trim in soft feminine colors of pink, yellow and lilac. The booties are packed in a charming Patisserie gift box. Bon Appetite!

The youngest little baby girl will feel like a shining star with the fun shimmering socks from the "Little Miss Baby Star" collection box. This box features one pair of sparkling silver, light pink and black pair of socks. The colors are perfect and made to top off any outfit. The booties are packaged in a gift box featuring an awards night for every little miss baby star.

Every baby girl will feel like a beautiful princess with three pairs of shimmering Mary Jane socks. The sparkling socks come in pink, purple, and green colors and will dazzle any little outfit or prince! The keepsake box features an adorable princess castle and coach.

Essential socks for every baby boy, the light blue and navy gym shoe socks will coordinate with so many outfits and will compliment those little kicking toes. Made to look like a sneaker, every little young all star will be ready to watch their favorite sport. The gift box features your favorite neighborhood sports park with football, baseball and soccer fields.

Fans can show their allgiance to Ugly Dolls of all colors and shapes on this nifty tee.

Babo is best friends with Wage...and the cookie jar. But once he gets to know you and the kinds of snacks you keep around the house, he will focus mostly on the snacks! Little Ugly Babo is 7" tall and won 2006 Toy of the Year Award, Oppenheim best Toy Award and the 2006 Parent's Choice Approved Award.

Wage is a hard worker, just like you! He works at the local Super Mart and wears his apron to serve his customers best. Does Super Mart know that Wage works there? Nope.But 14" tall Wage doesn't mind.He likes to put things in bags, especially snacks. Wage is the Ugly Doll that started a cultural phenomenon. Watch Video to learn more. Launch date: 2001.

Hannah, Kayla, Taylor, Karina, Olivia, Briana, Lily and Anna are all best friends who have made a promise to listen to their hearts and do the right thing. All eight are available in this line, along with fashion accessories, outfits and each character's associated book. Each Club Doll comes with her own pet dog.n pet dog.

Have lariat fun like the a real cowpoke! Our high-quality lariats are perfect for children and big kids who want to become lasso pros. 13 colors provide the perfect choice for cowboys and cowgirls. Each lariat is made from 20 feet of 5/16” polypropylene blend rope.

Fluffy Theodora comes with a  bassinet with fabric that folds up to become a drawstring purse.

Tiny tots will enjoy putting the layers of auto back into place with this wooden puzzle. Launch date: Early 2009.

Kids can do more than play green; with the Bamboo Greenhouse they can grow green. The pots can be filled with soil and seeds, then placed under the greenhouse to trap moisture and capture sunlight. Launch date: Early 2009.

There will be no hazardous waste dumps with this mini dump trucks; it's made of sustainable bamboo. Launch date: Early 2009.

These little planes are made from bamboo. Launch date: Early 2009.

The driving age has been lowered to 18 months with these mini racers and the maple plywood switchback track. Kids can compete to see who has the fastest car. Launch date: Early 2009.

Kids 18 months and older can use these wooden stacking blocks to learn colors, numbers and letters and more! Launch date: Early 2009.

Little kids can practice whipping up nutritional meals with this wooden cook station. Launch date: Early 2009.

From Original Life-size Painted Ponies to best-selling books and figurines, The Trail of Painted Ponies have become the most beloved collectible in America. It is now our pleasure to let the sun shine across the country and around the world with The Trail of Painted Ponies Art Glass. Each Painted Ponies piece is hand-crafted with exquisite attention to detail and is a dazzling work-of-art. This art panel is 19.25"x14.25"

High Quality, earth-friendly, poster-sized 1000 piece puzzles. These 19" x26.5" puzzles and their packaging are mde of recycled, renewable and bio-degradable material.