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( Alex $$14.99$each ) Adorable soft velour huggables in bright colorful patters with interesting contrasting textures. Choose from Pinky Pig in pink and red velour with teal blue feet and curly tail. It has terry patches on snout and tummy. Or give a hug to Lemon Lion, all striped with orange and yellow body, teal mane and happy face or Freckles Frog striped in green with polka dot bib, blue face and big eyes!The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant, Toddler. Phone: 800-666-ALEX. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Alex $$24.99$ ) One of the most adorable products that has come in for review all year! The soft fabric ball has four different animal faces. Each has their own set of ears that protrude from the ball and have a sound effect appropriate for the related animal. (The frog ribbits, the cat meows, the pig oinks, and the dog woofs.) There is also a small finger hole that our baby testers thought was great fun. On the other hand, we had mixed reviews on the Alex Jr. Busy Bee Discovery Flower. This floor activity toy has lots of things to explore but the electronic version of It's a Small World was just too tinny for our taste. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant, Toddler. Phone: 800-666-ALEX. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Alex $$15.99$each ) Cute huggable dolls with stand up Velour hair, clear happy features, and patterns in bright colors. There’s a boyish doll in blue striped pants and a girlish one in pink plaid dress. The clothes are part of the body and are not removable. All features are stitched on, so this is safe enough for little ones. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant, Toddler. Phone: 800-666-ALEX. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Russ Berrie $$10$ ) A sweet huggable cat that’s 12" from top to paw all done up in patterned velour. It’s pink, green and yellow—a happy palette with checks and polka dots and all stitched features with a quiet rattle sound sewn inside for safe keeping. Newborn & up. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( International Playthings $$16.95$ ) Friendly faced fabric bug with wonderful eye-catching patterns, bright colors, and interesting sounds. There are crinkle sounds in the big red wings and textured teethers in each “hand.” Pull the dotted butterfly on the big bug's belly and it plays Brahms' Lullaby with a music box/non-electronic sound. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant. Phone: 800-445-8347. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Tiny Love $$19.95$each ) A fun toy for active floor play with a sitting up or crawling baby. Turn on the fabric headed dog (Fred) or happy faced lion (Leo of course) and they will slowly roll a few feet and stop. Touch the accordion center of the pooch or lion’s body and it rolls some more. Their bodies are of bright colored plastic with fabric tail. This “magical” motion toy invites little crawlers to follow or use them like a roly poly ball for back and forth fun with sitting up tots. Loaded with sounds, we prefer playing with the “mute” button on most of the time. Fred, a floppy eared dog is more realistic looking than Leo. They say 6 months, we’d say more like 8 months and up. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant. Phone: (800) 843-6292. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Gund $$23$ ) A bright yellow fleecy giraffe with blue mane, blue muzzle, and pink and green striped hooves. Its chunky legs don’t stand, but they spread and allow Busybuds Giraffe to sit flat. Smaller in scale than the Busybuds Frog or Monkey. Totally huggable and big enough to please toddlers who like their stuffed animals big but not heavy. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant, Toddler. Phone: 732 248 1500. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Infantino $$59.99$ ) We like the textured and clear graphics on this new 36” x 28 ½ “ play mat with a warm orange, teal, brown and green palate. Patterned cross bars allow for dangly toys for baby to gaze at and eventually reach out and touch. It has a polka-dotted tummy time pillow and peek-a-boo surprises. We can do without some of the electronic sounds and lights on the Tiki Hut, but baby cannot turn them on, so you don’t need to, either. The safety mirror on the same hut is somewhat distorted, but that said, this is a more attractive mat than most. Newborn and up. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant. Phone: 800-365-8182. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Small World Toys $$40$ ) You probably know Karen Katz's wonderful books for babies. Now she’s designing toys. At first this set looks like a counting/color matching toy, but hold on! Before they are ready for counting and matching, this is going to be fun for filling and dumping games and where is the chick? Babies like toys with multiple pieces that can be passed from hand to hand. Each little fabric cube comes with one to five shapes that match the number on the outside. They are also color coded for playing color-naming games. The green cube has one ball, orange cube has two checkered hearts, blue has three fish, red has four strawberries and yellow has five little chicks. Chances are the pieces will go lost before you are ready for serious counting/color games. But go ahead and talk about them by color and count them from time to time. Just avoid turning this or any toy into a drill and practice work time. Playtime doesn’t need to be a lesson at every turn. All the pieces are washable. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant, Toddler. Phone: 800-421-4153. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

( Learning Curve International $$29.99$ ) We've seen rolling mirrors before, but this one is the best one we've seen yet. Two fat wheels-- one red and the other blue -- hold a prism shaped toy that spins as it rolls. The three-sided fun house mirror has a see-through window and two mirrors. No electronic sounds—just the rattle of beads as they drop. A good rolling toy for crawling babies. Also fun to stand upright on one wheel and spin. The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab. Age: Infant. Phone: 800 704 8697. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2009

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