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Choo choo…all aboard! The DINOSAUR TRAIN family has a lot to
celebrate in August and they plan to do it in a BIG BIG WAY! There’s a national sweepstakes promotion with
Amtrak in which one lucky
participant will win a vacation; all new episodes will premiere during “Big Big
Dinosaur Week” on PBSKIDS® (check local listings);
and a new giant coloring book is available from Golden Books, of which we have several copies to offer you for
review and giveaway!
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 will premiere August 13 on PBS
KIDS. Throughout the week of August 13-17,
2012, "Big Big Dinosaur Week" will feature 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. Encore broadcasts will run from August 17 to
19th
(check local listings).
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.
---GIVEAWAY---
One (1) lucky reader will win the "Dinosaur Train: Big, BIG Dinosaurs!” Giant Coloring Book, to share with their Dinosaur Train fan. To enter, please complete the entries on the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
Disclosure: I was sent a copy of the copy of the coloring book as a thank you for sharing the post. The views above are mine and mine alone.
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