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Running on Ratings

Which Products Earned Five Stars?

By: Dr. Wright and Susan Ledford
Mar 14, 2008

Read “TDmonthly’s Psychologist Mom” in our May issue to get an expert mom’s opinion on some of the newest toys and DVDs on the market. And see how Zoobies fared — on a scale of 1 to 5 TDs (for TDmonthly!) — under the scrutiny of parents and their children in TDmonthly’s Preschool Roundtables.

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