Bella Sara Magical Friends and BellaSara.com Are Named Two of Dr. Toy's Best in 2008
Seattle, WA - (September 10, 2008) Dr. Toy has named two Bella Sara products among Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products for 2008. Created for girls ages 5 and up, Bella Sara is a mainstream, international children's entertainment property composed of trading cards, an interactive website, and other licensed products. Bella Sara offers positive, inspirational messages and experiences for children.
"Hidden City Games is delighted Bella Sara Magical Friends was chosen as one of the 100 Best Children's Products, and equally proud that BellaSara.com was named one of the top 10 Best High-Tech Products," said Dell Monson, Hidden City Games senior director of marketing for North America. "Dr. Toy recognizes our promise to consumers to bring joy and excitement to children's lives in a safe, imaginative way."
Bella Sara Magical Friends and BellaSara.com received honors based on Dr. Toy's criteria of
"safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, lasting play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, good transition from home to school, educational value, learning skills, creativity, improvement in the understanding of the community and the world, good value for price, and, naturally, fun." Bella Sara will be featured on Dr. Toy's website at
www.drtoy.com.
About Hidden City Games
Hidden City Games, Inc., a venture-backed game publisher headquartered in Seattle, develops and markets tabletop and online games to interactively engage players and collectors of all ages. The company is best known as the exclusive licensor of Bella Sara for girls ages 5 and up, the inspirational, horse-themed trading cards and magical online world launched nationwide in the United States in March of 2007. Bella Sara, the most successful trading card product ever developed for girls, links to a safe, fun-filled virtual world for kids at www.bellasara.com. Founder and CEO Peter D. Adkison formerly founded Wizards of the Coast, Inc., which created the world's first trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, and introduced the Pokemon trading card phenomenon to North America.
