2016 is drawing to a close, and it’s time for our last Weekly Roundup post of the year. Below you will find the latest products to win a Mom’s Choice Award®. Click on a product image or purchase link for more information.

As always, Mom’s Choice Awards® is here to help families make the best purchasing decisions. Every week companies, publishers, and developers send us products for review. Only the best earn our award.

Twinkl Educational Publishing

Twinkl provides instant access to a complete range of teacher created, engaging and inspiring teaching materials. Its 300,000+ assets include a scheme of work (PlanIt), assessment materials, printable display materials, PowerPoints, games, activity sheets, interactive whiteboard activities, learning apps, and online tools to help users create their own personalized teaching materials. In a nutshell, Twinkl helps teachers save time and make the learning experience more engaging for students.

Online Resources (Websites, eMagazines and Blogs):
Adults

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Teal: A Book About a Little Crayon That Makes a Big Difference.
Written and illustrated by Renee Galvin

The story of a little crayon who doesn’t fit in. Is Teal blue or is he green? This charming fable empowers children to think outside the box and embrace one another’s diversity.

Children’s Picture Books:
Growing Up / Personal Growth

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Noah’s Ark – Little Ark Interactive storybook

Have you ever wished you could play inside a story and really interact with all the characters and words? Now you can! Noah’s Ark is an interactive reading experience with fully animated content featuring the story from the Old Testament Bible. This important and timeless story springs to life on every page. Read and play along as Noah gathers all living creatures and brings them onto his Ark to survive the great flood and then repopulate the earth after the flood.
Apps & Software:
Preschoolers

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Let’s Go On A Letter Hunt: An Alphabet Adventure By spell-It-Out Photos
Written by Sue Tenerowicz, Lynn Champagne; Illustrated by Dave Manousos; Edited by Jennifer Judd

Let’s Go on a Letter Hunt is a “Seussical” adventure that takes your young reader on a marvelous journey of rhyming and hunting for letters from A-Z. The fun loving alphabet guide, Alphie, leads the reader / listener up trees, on beaches, into parks, and many other fun places where the alphabet is hiding, in plain view.

Children’s Picture Books:
Activities, Crafts & Hobbies ( Includes Puzzles & Games)

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Let’s be friends!: Your Buddy Boodles
Written by Christine Burger; Edited by Purposeful Goods

Let’s be friends! teaches young children how to make friends and how to be a good friend. Prosocial friendship skills help children keep friends by being kind, sharing and including others in their friendship circles.

Children’s Picture Books:
Bedtime Stories

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Girls Know How: Super Science Girls!
Written by Ellen Langas

Girls Know How chapter books encourage girls to explore the careers of their dreams! Discover the exciting world of science through Super Science Girls! Sylvia and her best friend Kristen had been dreaming to win the middle school science fair competition for years and couldn’t wait to put their experiment to the test at summer camp together. That is until Indra, the new “it” girl at school, tries to win Kristen’s friendship and undermine their plans. Sylvia finds herself on the outside looking in as Kristen gets swept up into Indra’s cool world of fashion and friends. She discovers that sometimes things aren’t what they seem, as she learns the rewards of perseverance, the meaning of friendship and that being true to oneself is more important than winning.
Juvenile Books (Level 2 – Ages 9 to 12):
Fiction – General

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Daniel in the Lion’s Den – Little Ark Interactive storybook

In a fully animated, interactive world this classic favorite children’s Bible story from the Old Testament, Daniel in the Lion’s Den, is embellished with delightful music and entertaining new scenes kids will want to play with time and time again. Children will love the story’s sense of humor and cast of lively characters, and parents and grandparents will love its enriching, entertaining qualities. Each colorful page of the story entertains with an array of animated surprises and clever dialogue kids can tap on again and again. Kids can choose to have the story read to them, or explore by themselves with just a tap on the screen.
Apps & Software:
Preschoolers

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boob-ease Organic Pumping Lubricant

boob-ease™ Organic Pumping Lubricant is designed to make pumping easier and more comfortable. It is 100% certified organic with a coconut oil base. This lanolin-free pumping lubricant is a “must have” for pumping moms, and is easy to use and portable.

Comes in a convenient two pack. Put one in your pumping bag and keep one at home, so you have it when you need it.

Personal Use Products (Skin Care, Health Care, etc.):
Women

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boob-ease 100% Organic Nipple Balm

New mothers can suffer from sore and cracked nipples in the first few weeks. Protect yourself and your newborn with a non-toxic, certified organic nipple balm that keeps nipples feeling soft, supple and healthy. All ingredients are safe for ingestion by your breastfeeding baby.

Size: 1 oz.

Ingredients: Extra virgin olive oil*, beeswax, shea butter, marshmallow root*, calendula flower*

*Certified Organic Ingredients by Oregon Tilth

Does Not contain lanolin, which contains pesticides.

Personal Use Products (Skin Care, Health Care, etc.):
Women

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bamboobies Eco-pure Premium Bamboo Disposable Nursing Pads

Bamboobies® EcoPure® Premium Disposable Nursing Pads are great for on-the-go convenience with the benefit of eco-friendly and sustainable bamboo.

The unique bamboo viscose top layer is soft on the skin and is naturally antibacterial and antimicrobial. The inner core is ultra-absorbent keeping you dry and comfortable and is certified sustainable by Forest Stewardship Council. The unique milk-proof™ backing is more breathable than standard pads’ plastic lining, keeping sensitive skin healthier.

60 individually-wrapped pads with two sticky adhesive tabs to keep them securely in place.

Gear & Accessories:
Feeding

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