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Author Christopher Robbinsand illustrator Susanna Covelli’s PuzzleTrain, an engaging 26-piece puzzle about dinosaurs and designed for little hands, fosters motor skills and cognitive development while delivering endless fun. All aboard the dino train! Join Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, and Velociraptor on a train ride that teaches fun facts about the adorable alphabetized dinos aboard this 26-piece puzzle that builds a 52-inch train! Printed on both sides with boldly colored and hilarious dinosaur illustrations, this puzzle and primer teaches dinosaur names and letter sounds to kids and makes learning fun.

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The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some of the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth.

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Moo moo! Oink oink! All aboard the Farm Train, now a durable, oversized, 26-piece, 50-inch floor puzzle! Packaged in an adorable box with a rope handle, this sturdy puzzle is perfect for little hands. From the friendly farmer revving the tractor engine to the neighing horse in the caboose, this colorful puzzle will teach fine motor skills and animal names and sounds on its way down the tracks!

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Author Christopher Robbinsand illustrator Susanna Covelli’s Ocean Train is an interactive primer that teaches numbers and sea creature names to children, providing a colorful, educational, and toy-like learning experience that makes learning fun. Ahoy! Take a dive under the sea with Ocean Train. With a yellow submarine engine, little nautical explorers will love this 56-inch fold-out train (perfect for playtime or room decor)! Printed on both sides with boldly colored underwater illustrations, the book includes a handy velcro clasp to keep everything snuggly shut when reading time is over.

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The incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation.Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one else would touch, from General Claire Cennault's legendary Flying Tigers in WW II to two brutal decades cruising over the bomb-savaged jungles of Southeast Asia. Their pilots dared all and did all - a high-rolling, fast-playing bunch of has-beens and hellraisers whose motto was 'Anything, Anywhere, Anytime'. Whether it was delivering food and weapons or spooks and opium, Air America was the one airline where you didn't need reservations - just a hell of a lot of courage and a willingness to fly to the bitter end.

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All aboard the dino train! Join Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, and Velociraptor on a train ride that teaches fun facts about the adorable alphabetized dinos aboard this 56-inch fold-out train (perfect for playtime or room decor)! Printed on both sides with boldly colored and hilarious dinosaur illustrations, the book includes a handy velcro clasp to keep everything snuggly shut when reading time is over. A perfect interactive primer for teaching dinosaur names and letter sounds to kids, Dino Train provides that colorful, educational, and toy-like experience that makes learning fun.

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A is for allosaurusB is for brachiosaurusC is for carnotaurus . . .Take a trip back in time to the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs walked the earth! With G for giganotosaurus, P for pachycephalosaurus, and X for xenoceratops, the ABCs have never been so T-riffic! Every little dino lover will have a roaring good time learning dinosaur names all the way down to zalmoxes.

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All aboard! This noisy train is leaving the station! Every car on the 56” fold-out train celebrates a different style of music, along with the instruments and styles that make it so unique. Jam with the jazz cats in one train car, break dance with the rappers on another, and belt with the opera soprano on another! With hilarious characters you just might recognize and clever details for young readers to spot, this book-and-toy combination is sure to be a hit with both music lovers and young listeners just finding their tune.

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Did you know elephants have parades, camels have caravans, and porcupines have prickles? From a shoal of aardvarks to a zeal of zebras, kids can learn the names of animal groups in this adorable padded board book. With bright, trendy illustrations and plenty of hidden puns, A Caravan of Camels showcases punny animal families of all kinds from A to Z. Whether it’s a smack, a barrel, or a zeal, it's a family!

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