On June 5, 1999 at the 22nd Annual Boston New England Emmy Ceremony Jim Tomaszewski - lil' iguana's creator - won an Emmy Award in the children's television category for graphics and set design for the "Lil' Iguana TV Show," which airs Saturday's at 8 AM on Ch. 68/WABU.

Lil' Iguana has also won two of the KIDS FIRST! Endorsements which are given by Coalition for Quality Children's Media. This is a non-profit organization, which originates in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its goals are to search among CD-ROM games and video tapes for products that deliver positive messages to counter act possible feeling of "boredom, anger, and sadness" which may at times surface in a child. This attribute is one Lil' Iguana incurs; and for this reason, has won such an outstanding award.

The "PARENTS' CHOICE APPROVAL AWARD" was given by the Parents' Choice Foundation a non-profit organization our or Newton, Massachusetts. The foundation has been honoring producers this award since 1978 for "strong production values as well as implying solid human values".