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DIDAX is proud to announce that Pattern Block Sudoku is a celebrated winner of a 2008 iParenting Media award and a 2008 Parent’s Choice Approved Award Winner. Pattern Block Sudoku is the latest in Didax’s series of bestselling Sudoku games, including Unifix Sudoku, Time Sudoku, Money Sudoku and Fraction Sudoku. Another proud achievement, The Visual Math Dictionary is the winner of a 2008 iParenting Media Award. The Visual Math Dictionary features more than 600 definitions and hundreds of illustrations to explain math terms simply and visually. In addition, The Visual Math Dictionary is a 2008 finalist for the Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing by the Association of Education Publishers. To order, please visit www.didax.com or call 800.433.4329.
FINNEY CO. is proud to announce author Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrator Christina Rodriguez, both Minnesota natives, received the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award’s (NEMBA) Honorable Mention in Children’s Literature for their book, Storm Codes. Storm Codes presents the sights and sounds of Great Lakes shipping in the late 1960s through seven-year-old Katy’s story of hope and determination. “Storm Codes” is available in local and national bookstores, as well as through online booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For a reader’s guide and more information, visit www.stormcodes.com. Go to www.finneyco.com or call 800.846.7027 for ordering information.
GRYPHON HOUSE is proud to announce Cynthia Simpson, assistant professor, program coordinator of special education and Gryphon House author, as the recipient of the 2008 Susan Phillips Gorin Award. The award honors a Council for Exceptional children (CEC) member who has demonstrated exemplary personal and professional qualities while making outstanding contributions to CEC and to exceptional children. Simpson’s latest book is Themes for Inclusive Classrooms: Lesson Plans for Every Learner, co-authored by Laverne Warner, Sharon Lynch and Diana Nabors. This book is for teachers who have typically developing young children ages 3-6, as well as children with special needs in their classrooms.
HAREBRAIN is proud to announce Rise, Inc. recognized Harebrain in Minneapolis as its 2007 Business Partner of the Year at the nonprofit agency’s special event, Celebrate Rise! held April 6 at the Earle Brown heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. Vice Presidents Jeff Waffensmith and Steve Swain accepted the award with 480 people in attendance. Harebrain manufactures the WhisperPhone, an acoustical voice-feedback headset that enables learners of all ages to focus and hear sounds more clearly as they learn to read, spell or process language aloud.
HOOKED ON PHONICS and its ad agency, Civic Entertainment Group & Engage Marketing, won a silver PMA REGGIE award in the National Consumer (Budget under $1 million) category for its HOP Across America campaign. The REGGIE Awards honor the “best of the best” in integrated marketing campaigns.
LEARNING TODAY, INC. announced that its Smart Tutor Reading program was recently awarded a best Educational Software Award (BESSIE) from the ComputED Learning Center in San Diego. The BESSIE Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and Websites that provide teachers and parents with the technology to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected annually from titles submitted by software publishers around the world.
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