This time of year also means cold and flu season…This week’s Roundup of Mom’s Choice Award winners features everything you and your family needs to combat those cold & flu symptoms +  children’s apps and books for kids 5-8! Be sure to scroll through the entire list so you don’t miss any of our new award-winners! All the items you see below won a Mom’s Choice Award during January 05, 2020 to January 11, 2020.

Every week companies, inventors, and publishers from around the world send us their products for evaluation. Only the best earn our designation.

ZIGGY, THE PIG WHO LOVED SUSHI: A Celebration of Food and Friendship
Written by Rebecca Mountain-Pazell; Illustrated by Caitlin Bryce Lassen

Ziggy is a small pig enjoying a simple life on a quiet Kansas farm. But her calm world is turned upside when she eats sushi for the first time. Now, her quest for this tasty new food leads her and her owners on a cross-country journey. They even travel all the way to the Orient! By the end of their adventure, Ziggy and her humans learn the importance of home, family, and the value of friendship.

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Cooking & Food

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Toddler Games for 2 and 3 Year Olds

Kidlo Toddler Games is a fun educational app for preschool kids with 700+ interactive games to play and learn easily. Begin your child’s early learning journey with these exciting educational games!

Kidlo Toddler Games include puzzles, popping bubbles, coloring, join the dots, dress up, match the pairs, sorting, tracing games and more. These games will boost their cognitive skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, and imagination. You will be amazed to see how quickly your child learns different things.

These games are a great way for you to have some fun learning time with your child. Watch your toddler complete these fun games while learning at the same time. It is filled with cute, colorful graphics and funny animations that encourage your child to learn more!

Apps & Software:
Toddlers

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RhinAllergy Kids Pellets (Multi-Dose Tubes)

Boiron RhinAllergy Kids Pellets target specific symptoms of hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies. Easier for children 2 years of age and older, the slightly sweet pellets melt under the tongue without water, chewing, or swallowing pills.

This homeopathic multi-symptom children’s allergy medicine relieves itchy, watery, burning and irritated eyes; sneezing; runny nose; and itchy throat and nose pain.* It does not contain any of the ingredients questioned by the FDA for use in young children.

RhinAllergy Kids is non-drowsy, not habit-forming, and there’s no risk of a rebound effect or interaction with other medications or supplements. It won’t mask symptoms of a more serious condition.

*Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence. Not FDA evaluated.

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Oscillococcinum Flu Relief

The moment you feel achy or rundown, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud with Boiron Oscillococcinum. Clinical studies show that Oscillococcinum reduces the duration and severity of flu symptoms such as body aches, headache, fever, chills, and fatigue.*

1-2 Easy to take, the slightly sweet pellets dissolve under the tongue and are recommended for everyone ages 2 and up. This homeopathic flu medicine is used in more than 50 countries, including France for more than 50 years and where it is currently the overall best-selling flu medicine.

It’s non-drowsy and does not interact with other medications or supplements. It won’t mask symptoms of a more serious condition. Oscillococcinum is available over the counter in boxes of 6, 12, or 30 doses.

*These “Uses” have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

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

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OLITA Kids Mineral Sunstick

Kids REEF SAFE SPF 30 mineral sunscreen in a sunstick! Perfect for diaper bags, pockets, purses, and backpacks. Keep your kids’ young skin safe from the sun – easy to apply on faces and little places. Effective shield against harmful UVA/UVB rays. Broad spectrum AND chemical-free. Safely protects your kids’ skin and does not harm our oceans or sea life. Fragrance free. Size: .6 oz (17.7 ml) TSA approved carry-on size!

Active ingredient: Zinc Oxide 18.0% Other ingredients: Sunflower seed oil, beeswax, olive oil*, tocopherol, aloe vera leaf extract, canola oil. *Organic ingredient.

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

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MathTango

MathTango is a groundbreaking app that makes learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division truly fun for kids aged 5-10 (Grades K-5)!

Kids will learn more and learn faster with a unique, classroom-tested combination of math puzzles (incorporating modern techniques that make math easier and more intuitive) and classic “world-building” activities found in games.

Kids will progress through dozens of math lessons as they earn monsters, complete missions, build out their own unique worlds, and discover even more fun and surprises along the way. While they’re having great fun, you’ll know they’re learning!

Apps & Software:
Ages 5 to 8

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Magic Sketch by Boogie Board

The ultimate mess-free, electronic art kit!

Write, doodle, and trace in vivid rainbow colors with Magic Sketch™ Electronic Art Kit! It’s a semi-transparent electronic drawing tablet featuring the revolutionary new Colorburst™ display that lets kids create and trace in vivid rainbow colors. It writes & erases at the touch of a button. Nothing to plug in. No paper. No markers. No mess.

Each Kit Includes:
1 Magic Sketch™ (5” x 7” drawing area)
1 Protective Cover
1 Stylus
3 Texture Tools
18 game, activity, and art templates.

Toys, Games & Puzzles:
Ages 5 to 8

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Children’s ColdCalm Pellets

Boiron Children’s ColdCalm pellets target specific cold symptoms at the onset, established and resolution stages of the common cold. Easier for children 3 years of age and older, the slightly sweet pellets melt under the tongue without water, chewing, or swallowing pills.

This homeopathic multi-symptom children’s cold relief medicine relieves sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, and minor sore throat pain.* It does not contain any of the ingredients questioned by FDA for use in young children.

Children’s ColdCalm is non-drowsy, not habit-forming, and there’s no risk of a rebound effect or interaction with other medications or supplements. It won’t mask symptoms of a more serious condition. The pellets are presented in two multidose tubes that are easy to use at home or on the go (approximately 80 oral pellets per tube).

*Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence. Not FDA evaluated.

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

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Change Your Stinkin Thinkin
Written by Analynn Sardella; Illustrated by Daniela Torres

The first book, “Change Your Stinkin Thinkin” is about how one friend helps another stay positive at school throughout their day. Through positive thinking, she shows her friend how to change her day around. From having a bad day and being unhappy, to having a great day and being happy and smiling. The world becomes a different place with the right attitude. This Author is trying to teach elementary age kids vital messages of positivity, integrity, gratitude and belief in yourself. This is the first of 9 books in the series “Charlie and Marley’s Great Discoveries”.

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Self-Improvement

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Big Monty and the Cyborg Substitute
Written by Matt Maxx (pen name for educational team): Lenora Winn, Chris Miller, Alison Buehler, Vanessa Shaffer; Edited by Michell White

Fifth-grader Merlin Montgomery, AKA Big Monty, has to save his school again! Can this science-loving kid stop a Cyborg Substitute who froze the whole class? Merlin won’t be able to do it alone. He’ll need help from his life-long enemy, A’lo, and his super-smart sister, Josephine. Complete with science activities and vocabulary building fun, Big Monty is sure to get even the most reluctant readers turning the next page!

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Fiction – General

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Bamboobies Super Strappy Nursing Bra

Based on the bestselling yoga bra that our Moms know and love, now with strappy support.

• Comfortable and fashionable – a pregnant and new mom wardrobe essential
• Super-soft, rayon made from renewable bamboo fabric
• Designed specifically for breastfeeding moms with easy nursing clips and drop-down cups with discreet and removable cup pads for easy access breastfeeding
• Strappy style helps provide additional support and is versatile and stylish
• Fabric stretches to fit mom’s changing body while still holding its shape
• Includes hook-and-eye-closure

  Gear & Accessories:
  Clothing

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