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Winnie the Pooh Read-Along Collection

Winnie the Pooh Read-Along Collection

Teaching kids that reading is fun is such an important lesson for parents to pass along to their children. This collection of books along with a partnered CD brings the fun of reading to children with the always lovable bunch from Pooh Corner. As children listen to the CD they’ll want to follow along with […]

Cash Register Book

Cash Register Book

Publications International appears to have cornered the market on these fabulous interactive and educational books. Children are immediately caught up in the fun of shopping and (gasp) math! You’ll be amazed as your child “shops” through the pages while using the bar code scanner. Each time they scan, the price of the object they chose

Puppet Playhouse Book

Puppet Playhouse Book

Is your child ready to produce their first stage production? One way to find out if they’ve got what it takes is to sit down together and explore all the fun that this interactive book has to offer. Inside you’ll find a theater stage with cardboard puppets from the wonderful Dora the Explorer series. There

Sing-Along Microphone Book

Sing-Along Microphone Book

Remember the first time you ever went to a party and tried karaoke? At first you would start with a little trepidation, but by the end you were belting out tunes at the top of your lungs. We saw just that type of behavior with this adorable Sesame Street sing-along book that features a working

Surprise Sing-Along with Magic Mirror

Surprise Sing-Along with Magic Mirror

When you child presses one of the buttons for the first time on this new sing-along book, make sure you are in a position to see their face light up when their favorite character appears magically in the mirror. There are ten buttons and each one triggers a song which is introduced by the character

Magic Wand Book

Magic Wand Book

The magical appeal of Dora the Explorer takes on new meaning in this interactive play book from Publications International. Our young testers loved the opportunity to bring Dora’s Fairytale storybook to life and did so over and over again. The book itself is fun to read, but it is the magic wand that makes it

Sight and Sound: Doras Number Games

Sight and Sound: Doras Number Games

Dora the Explorer needs no introduction to the preschool set and for good reason; she is a delightful character that children adore. This very interactive book places hours of fun play time in your child’s hands as they explore numbers and basic math on over 64 colorful pages. The touchpad and LCD display above the

Skill Sharpeners

Skill Sharpeners

Whether it summer break, a long illness or any absence from school, its a natural occurrence for students to see some of the skills that they were so comfortable with, start to erode. This book series is a great way to keep your child’s skills from receding too far into the abyss. A few pages

Sight and Sound: Numbers

Sight and Sound: Numbers

Dora the Explorer needs no introduction to the preschool set and for good reason; she is a delightful character that children adore. This very interactive book places hours of fun play time in your child’s hands as they explore numbers and basic math on over 64 colorful pages. The touchpad and LCD display above the

Magic Wand Book

Magic Wand Book

The magical appeal of Dora the Explorer takes on new meaning in this new interactive play book from Publications International. Our young testers loved the opportunity to bring Dora’s Fairytale storybook to life and did so over and over again. The book itself is fun to read, but it is the magic wand that makes

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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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