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Books for Children

DoodleMark

DoodleMark

Doing double duty as both a bookmark and a small drawing pad, the DoodleMark clips on to just about any book and features a high-resoulution, magic-erase pad. It works in a variety of ways including acting as a reminder of what page they are on, or even as a game you can play with them […]

Live Happily Ever Active

Live Happily Ever Active

An absolutely beautiful book inside and out, Live Happily Ever After supports the ideals of living a healthy lifestyle, exercising, using good manners and being a socially responsible person. Drawn and painted with whimsy and delight there was no denying that the purpose of this book was to leave readers in an upbeat frame of

Little Pim: Feelings

Little Pim is the adorable panda who loves to teach children in multiple languages. In this book the subject is feelings and it does a marvelous job. Children are taught to identify and notice facial expressions that are associated with different feelings, learning the names of these feelings and how they experience them. The book

Ready to Read Level 1(Monkey Mischief) Wipe-Off Book

This wonderful book of age appropriate early reading activities impressed reviewers who were delighted to see how much their children wanted to practice, learn and use this book over and over. Whether it is tracing words, connecting lines or sounding out words, the early learning blocks towards reading are established here. What parents felt really

Get Ready for Kindergarten 1 (Furry Friends) Wipe-Off Book

A terrific workbook for early learners to practice a wide variety of skills either at home, while traveling, waiting in a restaurant, really just about anywhere. The book and all the pages can be used again and again when you use erasable, washable markers. Parents felt this made the book an even better value than

101 Great Gifts Kids Can Make

101 Great Gifts Kids Can Make

Conveniently organized into eight different sections including photos, garden gifts, office crafts, household helps, decorations, cards and wrapping paper/gift bags, there really is something for everyone and every occasion. Whether its a gift for Mom, Dad, a teacher or anyone special, chances are you’ll find an idea and instructions how to make it in this

Sweet Pickles: Goose Goofs Off

Sweet Pickles: Goose Goofs Off

eBooks are quickly becoming a favorite of parents who like the ease, portability and the added features that a traditional paperbound book can’t offer. Its a brave new literary world out there and people are getting on board. Goose Goofs Off is a story in the Sweet Pickles series available on iTunes. The story illustrates

YA Novel: "Echos Revenge" & Website

In this new kind of hybrid book that is woven together with a vibrant website. Readers are taken on a wild ride that is aimed specifically at boys who have grown up in this video game generation. The story is driven by chaos which is why it resonated with testers. It is an exciting, tense

Where Does My Shadow Sleep?

Where Does My Shadow Sleep?

This book is a marvelous tool for parents who want to introduce and explore science together with their young children. Inside you will find a wealth of terrific projects that will encourage creativity, cognitive thinking, hand-eye coordination, problem solving and most importantly a great sense of accomplishment. The book is organized into four sections including

How Many Ways Can You Make Five?

How Many Ways Can You Make Five?

Almost every parent tester told us that what they found inside this book was not at all what they were expecting. The subtitle is more accurate: A Parent’s Guide to Exploring Math with Children’s Books. So what does that mean? Gryphon House has set out to help parents reach children on a level where they

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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