EXHIBIT 1


                                                 September 21, 1999

                                                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                 Contact:         Richard Saltz
                                                 Telephone:       203-846-2274
                                                 Fax:             203-846-1776


                       PRIAL RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF TRUDY
                 SALTZ NAMED NEW INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


Norwalk,  Connecticut,  September  21, 1999 - Trudy  Corporation  (OTCBB:  TRDY)
announced  today  that Ms.  E.T.  Prial had  resigned  as a  Director  of Trudy,
effective  September  15,  1999.  Ms.  Prial has  become an  employee  of Futech
Interactive  Products,  Inc.,  which is party to the merger agreement with Trudy
and others.

In an unrelated  matter,  Trudy's Vice President,  Chief  Financial  Officer and
Secretary, Mr. William T. Carney has resigned,  effective September 10, 1999, to
take a position with a new employer. Trudy's new interim Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary is Mr. Richard Saltz who joined the Company on September 15, 1999.

Trudy, which does business under the name Soundprints,  publishes juvenile story
books  and   audio-cassettes   which  are  sold  in  conjunction  with  contract
manufactured  educational  toys to the retail and mail order  markets.  Trudy is
traded on the OTC through the pink sheets under the symbol TRDY.


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