Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products For 1996

Selected by Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (Dr. Toy)

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Product Categories
AC = Arts and Crafts MM = Multimedia
AT = Audio Tape PL = Plush Toy
B = Book PUP = Puppet
BG = Board Game PUZ = Puzzle
CD = CD ROM SW = Software
D = Doll T = Toy
ESP = Educational Skills Product VG = Video Game
G = Game VT = Video Tape

The kinds of products Dr Toy recommends

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Company Product Age Price Telephone
7th Level Great Word Adventure 6-9 $39.99 800-884-8863
ABC Feelings Book/Audio Tape 2-11 $16.95 800-745-3170
Accord Publishing Ten Little Dinosaurs 4-8 $15.95 888-333-1676
Age Appropriate Puzzles Pic-N-Match 18mos- 12 $14.95 800-961-7756
Alex Vegetable Garden Kit 7-12 $17 800-666-ALEX
All Night Media Rubber Stamp Poet Jr. 6-12 $19.50 800-STAMPED
Anatex Peg 'N Lace 3-6 $25 800-999-9599
Aristoplay Moneywise Kids 7-10 $15 800-634-7738
Binary Arts Corporation Block by Block 8-12 $12 888-789-9538
Briarpatch Thomas the Tank Engin Math Game 3-7 $18.95 800-232-7427
Bricolo 2000 Puzzart 7-12 $22.95 514-629-4414
BRIO Activity Clown 0-24 mos. $20 888-247-6869
CBS/Fox Video Dr. Seuss: The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat 2-8 $9.98 800-800-2FOX
Children's Out-of-School Time Activities Club Hobby Kits 7-12 $24.95 800-873-5487
College Street Publishing Not Just for Kids 3-12 $4.95tape/$7.95 CD 800-246-8386
Creative Teaching Press Let's Take Care of the Earth 3-7 $14.98 800-444-4287
Creative Wonders/Electronic Arts ABC World Reference: Wide World of Animals 10-12 $39.95 415-482-2400
Crescent Creative Products Sand Magic Bucket 5-8 $11.99 800-323-9711
Cultural Toys Faces and Places Puzzles 1-2 $7.99 800-805-4542
Curiosity Kits Ultimate Handcrafts 8-12 $18 800-584-KITS
Didax Educational Resources 3d Geoshapes Exploration Kit 5-12 $25.95 800-458-0024
Discovery Toys To the Rescue 3-6 $14.98 800-426-4777
Disney Interactive Animated Storybook Toy Story 3-9 $34.95 800-228-0988
EDC Publishing Books and Kits 8-12 $6 -$15 800-475-4522.
EDDU Toy Co. Seesaw Kiddie Counter 2-6 $14.95 800-686-8697
Edmark Mighty Math Number Heroes 8-10 $39.99 800-691-2985
Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Globe 8-12 $99.95 800-995-4436
Educo International Twinkle Little Star 2-10 $59.95 800-661-4142
ExploraToy Deluxe ExploraScope Pro-Series 8-12 $29.99 800-995-9290
First Years Magic Color Cups 9-36 mos. $5.99 800-533-6708
Forte Sports Bungee Bags 6-12 $5.99 800-305-9543
Galoob Toys Double Takes Fire Escape 5-8 $19.99 800-442-5662
Gamewright Make It Up! 3-7 $16 617-924-6006
Great American Puzzle Factory Slylock Fox Brain Bogglers 8-12 $10 800-922-1194
Hands On Toys Oobles 4-9 $9.95 800-500-4699
Hasbro Interactive Worldwide Play-Doh Creations 3-7 $19.99 800-638-6927
Heartsong Communications Sing 'n Sign for Fun! 3-10 $14.95 800-648-0755 x7
Hero Arts Creative Rubber Stamps Ink n' Stamp 7-12 $15 800-822-4376
Irwin Toy L'il Makin' Faces 3-7 $19.99 800-268-1733
K'NEX Discovery Set 6-12 $39.99 800-KID-K'NEX
Kidpower Ribbon Dancer Performance Set 5-12 $19.95 800-545-PLAY
Kidsview Tea Bunnies Fancy Dessert Tea Party 3-6 $19.99 201-445-2101
Kimbo Educational People In Our Neighborhood 4-7 $10.95 800-631-2187
Knowledge Adventure Jump Start 2nd Grade 6-8 $35 800-542-4240
Latz Chance Games Survival or Extinction--The Dinosaur Game 5-12 $23.95 770-579-6173
Leap Frog Phonics Bus 1-1/2-3 $24.95 800-701-5327
Learning Curve Toys Grip and Grab Rattle 3-24 mos $11.99 800-704-TOYS
Learning Resources Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register 3-6 $49.95 800-222-3909
LEGO Systems Fort Legoredo 5-12 $84.99 800-233-8756
Living & Learning Jam Jar Science--Bugs 6-10 $9.95 800-306-3013
Manhattan Baby Butterfly Sensory Teether 0-12 mos. $8 800-541-1345
Manhattan Toy Company Topper Tiger Playmat 1-5 $50 800-541-1345
Mattel Infant Activity Surprise Pooh 0-18 mos. $19.99 800-524-TOYS
Mattel Preschool Talking Bus Sentence Maker 1-1/2-5 $16.99 800-524-TOYS
Mayte Mouse Productions Singing Bilingual, Vol. 1 3-12 $12.95 888-629-8388
Mindplay Jo-Jo's Reading Rocket 4-8. $69.99 800-221-7911
New Toy Classics AstroJax 8-12 $5.95 415-673-6382
Nova Design The Cube Zoo 4-8 $15 888-318-3600
Orchard Hill Productions Word Clue Adventures 5-8 $14.95 800-811-5372
Panasonic Interactive Media Phonics Adventures with Sing-Along Sam 4-6 $39.95 888-PANAKIDS
Pastime Gramma's Surprise: Make a Banner 5-12 $29.95 800-488-5554
Patch Products Tutti Frutti 5-8 $15 800-524-4263
PEP Publishing Fingerplays and Action Chants: Family and Friends 2-6 $14.95 800-842-9571
Philips Media Cybercrafts: Digital Lab 8-12 $44.99 800-883-3767
PhotoPals of San Diego Children of the World Travel Club 6-11 $29.95 800-765-7257
Planet Dexter/Addison Wesley Calculator Mania! 8-12 $12.99 800-358-4566
Playskool Magic Touch Talking Book 3-6 $19.99 800-PLAYSKL
Prospect Marketing Company Fridge Friend 3-7 $11.45 413-298-4371
Radio Flyer Scoot-About 1-3 $14.99 800-621-7613
Rainbow Village Colorable Kids - Keisha 3-8 $15 800-756-3012
Ringling Multimedia Let's Pretend: Vol 2: Space Is Our Playground 3-8 $19.95 941-355-2201
Rock 'N Learn Colors, Shapes and Counting 2-5 $21.90 800-348-8445
Schylling Associates TRIOPS 10-12 $7.50 800-541-2929
Scientific Explorer Nature Adventures Kits 7-12 $19.95 800-900-1182
SEGA of America Scholastic's The Magic School Bus 4-7 $39.99 800-USA-SEGA
Set Enterprises Set-The Family Game of Visual Perception 6-10 $11.95 800-351-7765
Shetland Toys Ice Skating Playboard 3-7 $17.95 415-358-3700
Smartek Software Wordsmart 3-12 $39.95 800-858-9673
Snazaroo Rainbow Face Painting Kit 3-12 $13.99 800-451-4040
Sweet Pea Counting Stories 2-4 $25 800-830-5032
Tasco Sales Big Screen Microscope 8-12 $81.50 305-591-3670 x288
TC Timber Karambolage 6-12 $19.95 800-359-1233
Team Concepts I.Q. Super PC 8-12 $79.99 800-486-0898
Tiger Electronics World Book Learning Center 6-12 $99.99 847-913-8100
Today's Kids Kids' Schoolhouse 2-6 $65 800-258-8697
TopLine Toys You Can't Paint With That 6-12 $17 800-858-9194
Toshiba America Consumer Personal Electronic Diary 10-12 $39.99 800-631-3811
Twin Sisters Productions I'd Like To Be A Zoologist 7-9 $9.98 800-248-8946
TYCO Toys View-Master SuperSketch Projector 5-7 $17 800-488-8697
U.S. Game Alice in Wonderland Deck and Book Set 8-12 $19.95 800-544-2637
Uncle Goose Toys ABC Blocks 2-5 $28 888-774-2046
Uncle Milton Industries Mobile Mania Arts and Crafts Kits 6-12 $10 818-707-0800
University Games Systems Magical Maze 6-12 $19.95 800-347-4818
VTech Little Smart Talk 'n Tell Phone 3-6 $24.99 800-521-2010
What's Next Manufacturing YoYo 7-12 $4.99 800-458-8635
Wild Planet Toys Supersonic Ear 5-12 $22 800-247-6570
Wimmer-Ferguson Mind-Shapes 0-24 mos. $19.95 800-541-1345
Windy Hill Productions Menlo the Frog-A Musical Fairy Tale 2-7 $39.95 800-850-4884
Wrebbit Mini Eiffel Tower 4-12 $4.99 800-973-2248
Yes! Entertainment Mega Mike 6-12 $16.99 800-222-9376

Dr. Toy's other award listings are still available, including The 100 Best Childrens Products: 1995
and The Best Children's Vacation Products: 1996


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