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Yahoo!
recognizes teacher-founded HedgehogBooks.com as most popular online
children's bookstore! --Fast-growing, Web-based bookseller features
reviews, advice from experienced teachers--
Santa Cruz, Calif., November 25, 2002 - Fast-growing HedgehogBooks.com,
completing its second year in business, was recognized this month
as one of the world's most popular online children's bookstores
by the two largest Internet search engines. Already established
as the Web's only bookstore developed by teachers, HedgehogBooks.com
is now ranked as the most popular site by Yahoo! and the #2 site
by Google.
Yahoo! and Google are the Web's two largest navigational guides.
Yahoo reaches more than 237 million individuals each month and Google
offers an index of more than three billion web sites.
Building on years of experience teaching and reading to children
in their classes, the HedgehogBooks.com founders provide a high
level of personal service that is not available from competing online
booksellers. The services include detailed reviews, grade-level
reading lists and online forums to discuss individual issues in
reading - all designed to help parents choose the right literature
for their children.
HedgehogBooks.com President Vanya Jackowski, a teacher with 10
years experience in California public schools, said, "Educated consumers
now demand more from their online shopping experience. By responding
quickly to parents' inquiries on our online forum, we can advise
them on precisely the right books to meet their child's unique requirements."
Jackowski added, "Our online teacher's forum is also immensely
popular, with teachers and tutors worldwide receiving advice on
locating specific book titles and assistance to improve their students'
reading skills."
Parents purchasing books from HedgehogBooks.com exhibit a remarkably
high level of customer loyalty. Repeat customers now account for
more than 30 percent of the Company's total sales.
"I was very fortunate to find HedgehogBooks.com," said repeat customer
Meg Miller-Steiger. "As a mother of a beginning reader, age 5, and
a fluent reader, age 8, I needed help selecting the right books
for my children. The interactive 'Ask a Teacher' page provides the
advice I need and the summaries and reviews help me make informed
choices on my own. In this era of online mega-bookstores, HedgehogBooks.com
has become my own 'Little Shop Around the Corner.'"
About HedgehogBooks.com Founded by experienced teachers
in late 2000, HedgehogBooks.com has become one of the world's most
popular online children's bookstores. The site provides a high level
of personal service to enable parents to choose the right books
for their children. The site also offers personalized, discount
services to purchasing officials at school districts nationwide.
For sales information, please contact Vanya Jackowski at 831-426-4001
or vanyaj@hedgehogbooks.com.
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HedgehogBooks Media Contact:
Stan Schneider,
Schneider Communications
Ph. (954) 435-3310
stan@schneidercom.com
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