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Books for Children

Keen Owl Personalized Books

Wonderful stories with great morals and colorful books with great illustrations are just the beginning when it comes to this terrific new series of personalized children’s books. Ordered online, parents fill in some elementary information such as child’s name, sibling’s names and hometown. When the books arrive they are beautifully bound and feature the names […]

Storytime Theater

Storytime Theater

If your child leans towards a visual learning style, this watch and listen reading toy might really spice up bedtime in your home. The unit’s projector shines the story on the wall for larger viewing. In a darkened room the stories really come to life. Your child controls the pace of the book by changing

Rumble & Bolt

Rumble & Bolt

Giving kids a hands on experience when it comes to reading is a great way to keep them involved and following along. Parents thought the sound effects might be a gimmick at first, but soon discovered that their child’s attention was far more focused. The sounds gave the book an added dramatic effect, perfect for

Dolly Goes To The Supermarket

Our preschool aged testers went ga-ga for Dolly, relating her to their own lives and the experiences and encounters that they have when out and about with Mommy. Parents told us how their children asked for the book to be read to them many times over and how they never minded. The fact that the

Dolly Goes To The Beach

Dolly Goes To The Beach

Parents and children alike raved about the fun they had sharing the experience of this great book and accessory set. Dolly teaches important lessons about dressing themselves, being aware of the sun and caring for the feelings of others. Little girls were eager to emulate Dolly and parents told us how they would excitedly dress

Tuesday Mushroom King

This personalized storybook, which you help create by uploading your child’s picture to the Flattenme.com website, is an exceptionally beautiful book with a creative and imaginative use of backgrounds and photography. The very sweet story is absolutely enchanting. When you add in the fact that your child is the star, well, you can imagine that

A Great Day On The Farm

Our testers absolutely loved the design of this wonderful new storybook, puzzle and game from HABA. Children had so much fun putting the puzzles together while Mom or Dad read the story aloud. The fact that the smaller puzzles all fit together to form a giant one was a great treat. The addition of a

Bullying - Why Would You Want To Do That?

If only we could live in a world where the Golden Rule was hardwired into our brains we would have no need for books like these. Reality being far from the ideal, bullying remains one of the most difficult subjects to help children through. Using bold illustrations and examples that are very current and topical,

Flying Hugs and Kisses

Flying Hugs and Kisses

Books about death and grieving are never easy to write let alone to review so we turned to experts in the field to lend their voice to our evaluation. The book takes on a subject that no one should have to confront, the death of a baby. Author Jewel Sample does a wonderful job of

Childrens Book

Childrens Book

This soft cover book, made especially for the very youngest “reader,” delighted our testers. Very easy to handle and extremely lightweight children loved looking at the faces that looked right back at them. Printed with bright beautiful colors this book really grabs hold of your child’s attention and the subject matter is something that all

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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