myWallaby Selected for Dr. Toy’s “Best Picks Children’s Products for 2009”

Myriam and I are happy to announce that the myWallaby Agile Doll Carrier was chosen by Dr. Toy for her “Best Picks Children’s Products for 2009.” We are very excited about the recognition and visibility that winning this award brings to myWallaby! The quote below is from the Dr. Toy press release that announced the winners. We think it does a good job describing Dr. Toy and her review process.

“Dr. Toy’s Best Picks Children’s Products” Awards Program 2009 was developed by noted play and child development authority, Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Toy) as a service to consumers who desire to purchase safe, affordable, educationally oriented, stimulating new toys and products for children.

“As a childhood specialist for over 40 years,” says Dr. Toy, Director of the Institute for Childhood Resources, founded in San Francisco in 1975, “I have seen the continuous, essential need for more year-round resources for consumers to identify and choose the most appropriate, safe and engaging learning and developmental products for all children.”

“Dr. Toy’s Best Picks ” were carefully chosen from among thousands that she has reviewed at toy fairs, catalogs, and through many other sources, and by using extensive criteria she has developed over many years.  Among the criteria used are: safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, lasting play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, good transition from home to school, educational value, learning skills, creativity, improvement in the understanding of the community and the world, good value for price, and, naturally, fun.

Click the link below to see the award recipients:

http://www.drtoy.com/awards/2009-Best-Picks-Childrens-Products.php