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AMTRAK PROMOTION – WIN A
VACATION!
August is a BIG BIG travel and vacation month as families across
the U.S. are getting out and about on day trips and vacations and creating
summer fun memories! And, for a second
year running, The Jim Henson Company and Amtrak have joined forces for a
national promotion! This year it’s the Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes, a fun and
engaging summertime promotion that will award one lucky family with an Amtrak
vacation! Amtrak will launch the Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes beginning
in August 2012. Families can enter the
sweepstakes by logging onto www.henson.com/Dtsweepstakes
and following the entry directions for a chance to win a vacation to Chicago
and Washington, DC and the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Natural
History, featuring exhibits with amazing
dinosaurs!
As part of the national summer promotion, Amtrak will distribute
over 65,000 free DINOSAUR TRAIN themed
activity booklets to young travelers, and one million Amtrak DINOSAUR TRAIN
ticket jackets to passengers as well as 20,000 DINOSAUR TRAIN placemats for use in Amtrak’s dining
cars. Amtrak will also promote the Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes and entry
details through counter and seatbacks in over 100 Amtrak stations
nationwide. Sweepstakes details will be
posted on the websites of Amtrak, The Jim Henson Company and TOMY.
DINOSAUR TRAIN’S NEW “BIG,
BIG DINOSAURS!” GIANT COLORING BOOK FROM GOLDEN BOOKS!
NEWLY available on August 7 from Golden Books is the 40-page Dinosaur
Train: Big, BIG Dinosaurs! Giant Coloring Book! Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don, and their
super-sized dinosaur friends from Dinosaur Train star in this BIG
activity book. It features oversized pages to color, more than 50 stickers, and
a built-in handle for carrying on train trips or anywhere else kids want to
go! For children ages 3 and up;
SRP: $9.99.
“BIG BIG DINOSAUR WEEK” TO
PREMIERE ON PBS KIDS
“Big Big Dinosaur Week” episodes premiered August 13 on PBS
KIDS. Throughout the week of August 13-17, 2012, "Big Big Dinosaur
Week" featured four new episodes that follow Buddy, Shiny, Tiny and
Don as they discover the largest of the dinosaur species while exploring their
natural surroundings. They'll also learn about nocturnal and diurnal animals,
sunrises and sunsets, natural art, and geysers. The kick-off episode begins
aboard the DINOSAUR TRAIN when the Pteranodon family gets the idea to travel
around and meet some of the biggest dinosaurs. They even sing the song ”The
Biggest Dinosaurs,” before meeting Allie Alamosaurus, an enormous and friendly
long-necked, plant eating sauropod.
COMING SOON! BUDDY’S BIG, BIG BOOK OF BIG, BIG DINOSAURS
FROM GROSSET & DUNLAP.
Look out for the October 11, 2012 release of Buddy’s Big, Big
Book of Big, Big Dinosaurs from Grosset & Dunlap. This oversize board book is a great first BIG
dinosaur book for children. Guided by
Buddy and his friends, young readers will learn facts about six BIG dinosaurs!
For children ages 3 and up; SRP: $9.99.
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