TDmonthly Magazine's Fall 2009 award winners include bugs that buyers can't resist, sophisticated arts and crafts kits for girls, games with penguins, gobblers and plenty of dice, and beautiful natural and wooden toys for babies and toddlers.

No nominees or winners paid a submission fee to be considered for the program or chosen as an award recipient, and evaluation yielded a select batch of winners — 38 great products that account for less than 30 percent of the original submissions.

Products were reviewed based on various criteria, including play value, safety, price point vs. quality, factors of social or environmental awareness, favorable review from retailers, consumers, experts and/or TDmonthly staff, and successful presence in or availability to the specialty market.

Click on the award seals to see details on the winners in the four respective categories — Top Toy, Top Seller, Innovations and Classic — and see the complete list of winners below.

COMPANY	PRODUCT
ACTING OUT	Hokey Pokey/Can Can Musical Petticoat
ACTION PRODUCTS	I Dig Dinosaurs Dino Nest
ARTSEE FARTSEE	artsee smartsee
ARTTERRO	Artterro Creativity Kit
BINKLEY & HURST	MOOV Starter Kit
BLOCO TOYS	Marine Creatures
BLUE ORANGE	GOBBLET GOBBLERS
BLUE ORANGE	DOUBLE SHUTTER, Shut The Super Box
BLUE ORANGE	YAMSLAM, Roll To Win!
BOIKIDO	Boikido Wooden Shapes Train
CCA & B	The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition®
CITIBLOCS	CitiBlocs 200 Piece Wooden Building Set
GOLDBERGER DOLL MFG. CO. INC	Seedlings Baby Blossoms
HABA USA	Pulling Animal Cory Caterpillar
INNOVATION FIRST	HEXBUG Ant
INNOVATION FIRST	HEXBUG Inchworm
KIDS PREFERRED	Amazing Baby™ Pop-Up Activity Ball
MAKIT PRODUCTS	Make a Plate
MAYFAIR GAMES	Hey! That's My Fish! Deluxe!
MESKO ASSOCIATES	SandSac
MIDWEST MONKEYS	Safe Sizer Choking Prevention Plate
NEAT-OH INTERNATIONAL	ZipBin Airport
OUT OF THE BOX GAMES	Backseat Drawing Junior
OUT OF THE BOX GAMES	Letter Roll
PLASMART	Rubbabu - Blox
PLASMART	PlasmaCar
RASHTI & RASHTI	Taggies Appliqued Blanket
RICH FROG	Pull Toy - Dog Cat Mouse
RINGLEY	RiNGLEY Knotted
RINGLEY	RiNGLEY Straight
SANDMAN RECORDS	Meltdown
SHAINSWARE	Shains Bracelet with 60 Elements
TATUTINA	Tatutina Birthday Girl Medal
THE LITTLE EXPERIENCE	Stitch-it Dolly Kit
THE LITTLE EXPERIENCE	Stitch-it Owl Kit
THE SHRED SLED	The Shred Sled
WILD CREATIONS	EcoAquarium
YOSHIRITSU	LaQ Hobby Kit Flower

Writer's Bio: Julie L. Jones has written articles for both newspapers and magazines. Before joining the staff of TDmonthly Magazine, she worked as a communications writer and provided editorial support for a market research company. Read more articles by this author