Hape’s Pound and Tap Bench has been nominated as a Cribsie Award Finalist and a Favourite Musical Toy 2018. The Cribsie Awards is an authorised baby products award ceremony in the US in which all products are nominated by consumers and voted for by hundreds of thousands of families. The winners were announced on March 2nd, 2018.  Elsewhere, the Pound and Tap Bench was recommended in the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide Pick this holiday season,receiving praise for being “particularly delightful” when compared to other xylophones on the market. The New YorkTimes (NY Times) is a daily newspaper in the US and published globally. It has strong influence, credibility and authority. Most public libraries in the US provide the NY Times to its patrons. The Cribsie Awards were founded in 2010 and are hosted by StrollerTraffic.com. The Awards recognise the best products, services, and websites for babies and tots; offer a secure voting platform. The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper