Bella Sara Adventures has received honors as a 2009 recipient of the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA). Each year, NAPPA’s elite team of judges selects the best products available for children and families. This year, Bella Sara Adventures has received a NAPPA Honors Award for its enchanting online world of North of North – a place where kids can be a part of the magic while discovering new realms and befriending new characters and horses.
“Magical horses and secret codes totally captured the imagination of ’tween testers in this year’s NAPPA competition,” says Barbara Smith Decker, NAPPA manager. “Bella Sara fans will be excited by these new adventures, and parents will feel reassured by the safety of the site’s private user experience.”
NAPPA is the “go-to” source for parents and professionals seeking the best children’s products (toys, games, books, etc.) and resources. More than a simple “good-enough” seal of approval, NAPPA recognition signifies that a product has been rigorously evaluated against stringent criteria and it stands out among hundreds of other products from around the world. Only the best of the best products win the prestigious NAPPA recognition.
NAPPA’s team of independent expert judges and family testers (parents and kids) select the most entertaining, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate, and enduring products as NAPPA winners. As NAPPA enters its 19th year serving families, the NAPPA seal has come to symbolize the innovation, usefulness and high quality that parents continue to trust.
Bella Sara Adventures promotes positive messages and provides a creative environment for kids to play interactive games and use secret codes to unlock new adventures for a truly unique online experience. Kids can register online for free and journey into the magical world of horses. Once there, the whimsical world of North of North becomes theirs to explore and to interact with as they meet horses, characters. Children, parents, and experts agree that Bella Sara Adventures is a great place to discover, learn and let imaginations run wild.
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About Bella Sara™
Bella Sara™ is a magical world of horses where children can expand their imaginations through play. Originally launched in Denmark by Gitte Odder Braendgaard, Bella Sara inspires and empowers children with positive messages and the magic of North of North. First introduced to the North American market in 2007 by Hidden City Games, Inc., Bella Sara quickly expanded into an international children’s entertainment property. Since its introduction, Bella Sara has broadened its family of products from trading cards and virtual world (playable at BellaSara.com) to DVDs, toys, books, video games, arts and crafts, games and puzzles, apparel, back to school and more in the North American and International markets. Select Bella Sara products include secret codes that expand a children’s imagination with play while unlocking a magical experience into the world of North of North at BellaSara.com. By entering secret codes at BellaSara.com, children can discover the world with Bella Sara Adventures, casual games and activities.
About Hidden City Games
Hidden City Games, Inc., a venture-backed game publisher headquartered in Seattle, Washington, develops and markets games to interactively engage players and collectors of all ages. The company is best known as the publisher of Bella Sara™, a mainstream international entertainment property for children ages 5 and up. The inspirational, magical horse-themed brand with an expanding product line and online world was originally launched in North America in March of 2007 and was taken globally shortly after. Bella Sara products contain secret codes to unlock a magical world of horses, at a safe, fun-filled virtual world at BellaSara.com. Its family of products includes trading cards, toys, books, DVDs, video games, arts and crafts, games and puzzles, apparel, back to school, and more. For more information, visit www.hiddencitygames.com.
Media Contacts:
Adrienne Bailey (Dittoe PR for Bella Sara) – 317.202.2280 X 19 or adrienne@dittoepr.com
