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.

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.

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.