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The Games Where It's O.K. to Be Smart! These fast-paced games help kids develop the skills that they'll need to succeed in school. Since players compete at their own age levels, BRAIN QUEST is designed for children of different ages to play together and it actually makes learning fun! The game for grades 1 - 6 includes more than 1,500 questions on school-related subjects. Teacher's Choice Award and National Parenting Publication Award.

Everybody wins with the Mother Goose Game! Players listen to the rhymes and find the matching pictures. Visual clues and self-correcting pieces help non-readers join in on the fun. There are three ways to play with versions included for both beginning and advanced players. Game contains 10 interlocking pairs. Winner of Family Life Magazine Top Toys of 1998. For 1-4 players.

Silly Noises Game, the game in which players act like all-out animals as they race to complete their Animal Character Cards! To play, children press the SoundSpinner Button, listen for the wacky animal sound, then collect Colorforms Stick-Ons pieces. The first to finish their animal character wins! Kids make �real animals, or mix up the pieces and create zany, imaginative creatures from hundreds of different possible combinations. With one push of a button, children hear their final creations. Contains: Two-sided game board with SoundSpinner module, 6 two-sided Animal Character cards, 30 Colorforms pieces, and 3 AA batteries.

Manufacturer: Colorforms

With the touch of a button, shuffle cards like a pro! Our battery-operated shuffler automatically shuffles one or two decks in a flash. Simply divide your deck, placing one half on each side of the shuffler. Just press the lever, watch the action, and pull out the card tray. You've got yourself an ideal deck! Perfect for bridge or poker-size playing cards, and a great aid for children and adults who could use some extra help in shuffling. Black only; requires two C batteries (not included).

Manufacturer: John N. Hansen Co.

Great play action on the go! Play five card draw poker and hold a royal flush in your hand! Includes: powerful memory that remembers your score after you've stopped playing, auto score keeping, and a flip top cover. Batteries included.

In this edition, you get to cruise the game board on a vintage 1903 Harley, or a Softail Deuce - there's 8 pewter game tokens customized just for Harley fans! On your ride, acquire all the Harley-related properties that you can. Once you've got 'em, buy garages to house them, or even whole dealerships where you'll show them off. When opponents stop in, charge them big bucks to look around! But stay out of jail, wild one, so you can drive your opponents out of the game! Includes custom Harley money, Chance & Community Chest cards, dice and a game board loaded with interesting photos! For 2 to 8 players.

Manufacturer: USAopoly

Step into the sub-zero world of a marine biologist, studying the fascinating creatures of the Arctic region. This Buried Blueprints puzzle will teach kids all kinds of facts about our frozen friends and show them what they look like. After the puzzle is completed, continue the journey into the frozen tundra with the included detailed coloring poster. Comes with 165-piece puzzle and coloring poster.

Now America's favorite game comes in its very own Cranium tin! Everyone will have a chance to shine as your team hums, whistles, sketches, sculpts, acts, puzzles, and even spells backwards to win. You will not believe what your friends can do! Be the first team to move clockwise around the board and into Cranium Central where your team will complete its final activities to win. Includes Cranium game board, 800 Cranium cards, ten-sided Cranium die, a tub of cool Cranium Clay, timer, four funky Cranium play pieces, rules and Custom Cranium pads and pencils.

Manufacturer: Cranium

Painted in 1642, this famous Rembrandt pictures the company of Frans Banning Cock preparing to march out. Known as The Nightwatch, this painting is captured in a 2000 piece puzzle that measures a grand 31 x 47 when complete.

Enjoy this detailed, educational and panoramic view of the U.S. including states, capitals and great landmarks. Once you're done, travel cross country by coloring in the poster! Includes a 165-piece puzzle and a 13 x 17 coloring poster!

What Would Jesus Do? In a fun and creative way, WWJD encourages lively discussion of Christianity and morality. The gameplay revolves around how you would respond to 600 ethical dilemmas. Thought-provoking and interesting, it gets you thinking about the ideals of Jesus in a whole new way. Be the first to collect W, W, J and D and you win the game! Includes 600 questions, 16 response cards, 16 WWJD tokens, 40 scoring chips, gameboard, four pawns, die, spiritual guide and instructions. For 2 to 4 players or teams.

Here's a great game for all ages! Kings in the Corner is the classic card game that's royally fun. Use the unique card control centerpiece to keep the game in order. Kings go in the corners. Play the game solitaire fashion laying down cards in alternate colors to try to extend your turn as long as possible. Can't make a single play? You have to pay the pot with one of your game chips. First to empty your hand of cards? You win the pot plus your opponents' point chips for their unplayed cards! The first player to get 100 points (chips) wins the game! 2 to 6 players.

Manufacturer: Jax

Got late night munchies? Bust open a bag of these puzzle pieces and fill up on fun. They snap together to form a repetitive image of pretzels. With just 80 pieces, it's a bite-sized version of the top-selling 500 piece puzzle. Comes in a zip-lock carrying bag that makes for easy, go-anywhere fun! Measures 11x11.

Guillaume Plisson, famed photographer of sailing and sea, has captured the steadfast Creac'h Lighthouse. Situated on the island of Ouessant in the Atlantic, it marks, with the lighthouse of Land's End in Great Britain, the entry to the English Channel. The island is a rocky promontory in the ocean, with cliffs and sandbanks all around it. The area used to be sadly famous for its many shipwrecks, and furniture in the houses used to be built from wood retrieved from the ships that hit the rocks. Today, the Breton coast is studded with powerful lighthouses guiding the ships, including supertankers, into the English Channel and the North Sea, which are among the busiest sea lanes in the world. This 1,000 piece puzzle is 37 x 13 when complete. As with all Educa puzzles over 500 pieces, it comes with it's own easel support to stand up the box as your model while piecing the puzzle together. In addition, puzzle glue is included and Educa's No Lost Piece Service will send you any pieces you may lose while completing the puzzle.

Manufacturer: Educa

Art is found in the everyday! Photographer Steve Lovi has crisply captured this collection of colorful marbles to create an artwork that is intriguing and touched with humor. When completed, this fun puzzle has a unique round shape. Completed puzzle measures 20 ½ round. It has over 500 pieces and is made of recycled materials.

Manufacturer: Great American Puzzle Factory

Help! The house is a mess, and it's up to you to clean up before Mother gets home! This enchanting Dr. Seuss game is easy to learn and play. Just match letters and colors as you race along the board - every match lets you pick up something the Cat left behind. This game is specially designed for parents and children to play together.

Manufacturer: University Games

Find out who your real friends are! This game challenges you to place your colored tiles all around the game board. But watch out: your opponents can trip up your plans! Spin the spinner to see whether you'll place a chip on a square, block an opponent or more. Game play that's easy for kids to grasp and entertaining enough for grown-ups make this game a stand-out. Even better, the game stays fresh with three ways to play: regular, advanced and team. Comes with game board, spinner, 64 chips, 70 white circle stickers and an instruction booklet. No reading required (though at least one player will need to read the instructions). For 2 to 4 players.

Manufacturer: ACT Games

Bug Picnic. Children will have lots of fun with and without the lights on. After assembling this bug banquet, turn out the lights and guess who's come by for an appetizer? More creepy crawlers!Age of Dinosaurs This fascinating dinosaur puzzle takes an exciting twist when the lights are turned off. After assembling the puzzle, children can experience an archeological dig without leaving home. Turn out the lights and see what is left of the dinosaurs. Each puzzle contains 100 pieces and measures 11 1/2 x 16 1/4.

It's the Jamaican rummy game the whole family will love. In nine rounds of play, you'll race to be the first to lay down all of your cards. If you draw a Kooky Kard, you'd better know how to use it! It can either aid your win or abet your loss. 112 vivid cards are decorated in traditional Jamaican colors to add to the fun. For 3 to 6 players.

Manufacturer: Playroom Entertainment

Want to play golf? Those goofy gophers keep getting in the way! In a game like no other, little ones try to make their putts by knocking gopher heads out of the way and then getting the ball in the cup. You never know when those heads might pop up! Realistic sound effects (including chit-chat from the gophers!) add to the excitement. Comes with two snap together plastic putters, a motorized golf green with three talking gophers, two plastic golf balls and instructions. For 1 or 2 players.

Manufacturer: Hasbro

This is the perfect first game for every child! Beginning players match identical pictures while memory versions are included for the more advanced. There are six ways to play this game based on every family's favorite bedtime story. Game contains 4 playing boards, 24 matching cards, and a Goodnight Moon Room game board. Winner of Parents Magazine Best Toys & Games, Parent's Choice Gold Seal of Excellence, Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games, Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. For 1-4 players.

Manufacturer: Briarpatch

Preschoolers will quack up playing this motorized ducky-go round game! To play just pick up a duck and look underneath. If the spot of color on the bottom of the duck is the same as your nest's color, your duck is home. The first player to find three of their ducks wins! 3 C batteries required, not included. For 2 to 4 players.

It's time to fight for control of Globopolis. Combining economics, strategy, science fiction and lots of fun, this game is a complex trip into the future. With so many elements in play, it's never the same game twice. The exhaustive contents include: a game board, two handy quick reference cards, a 24-page full-color booklet with background information and a glossary, 16 dice, a 90-second timer, five governor playing pieces, five CRF pieces, 25 double and 50 single agent pieces, over 200 cards, 75 base plates, 275 stackable resource and 44 economic development pieces. For 2 to 5 players.

Manufacturer: Globopolis

Each player starts with a cherry tree and 10 cherries. Take turns spinning the dial and remove up to 4 cherries at a time. The first player to pick the tree clean wins! But watch out for the dog or bird who will pluck a cherry from your grasp. Worse yet, watch out for the spilled bucket that will have you starting all over again! Great for teaching kids how to count. For 2 to 4 players.

Manufacturer: Parker Brothers

It's the famed landmark of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, pictured at night with the lights of the fountains and the surrounding area abundantly lit with spectacular effect. This glow-in-the-dark puzzle has 1,000 pieces and is 26 x 18 when complete. As with all Educa puzzles over 500 pieces, it comes with it's own easel support to stand up the box as your model while piecing the puzzle together. In addition, puzzle glue is included and Educa's No Lost Piece Service will send you any pieces you may lose while completing the puzzle.

Manufacturer: Educa

Clap like Tickety, talk like Magenta, cry like Paprika! Perform actions in a sequence to win this game! Includes four fun-filled games in one deck of cards. Oversized cards for little hands.

Find out why this adventure in ethical exposure has sold seven million copies! On a cold spring day, you drive through a puddle and soak a pedestrian. Do you stop to make amends? There's no right answer-- not even the truth! Just correctly predict what others would say to win. Sure to inspire laughter and engaging conversation, this game challenges players to grapple with difficult everyday ethical situations and get to know each other better. This Millennium Edition includes more than 150 new questions plus the best questions from four previous editions, for a total of 250 questions. 4 to 12 players.

Manufacturer: Catalyst Games

In this puzzle, even our adorable animal friends celebrate the holidays! Enjoying the glow of the Christmas Star, these creatures from all over the globe make a heartwarming scene. Made up of100 pieces, this puzzle is challenging enough for adults but kids can put it together, too! Measures approximately 11-1/2 x 16-1/4.

The luminous glow of the gaslights warms this quaint coast side scene from yesteryear. Seaport Marketplace by Jess Hager reveals the beauty of everyday life from a bygone era. Revel in the expert brushstrokes of this master artist as you complete this challenging puzzle. Completed puzzle measures 19 ¼ x 26 5/8. It has over 300 pieces and is made of recycled materials.

This unique paint set contains BioColor paints that are made from natural ingredients and cosmetic pigments. Kids can make stickers, putty, and chalk out of this fantastic paint or they can just paint. This set includes a project sheet for more than 15 different great activities and a reusable storage case that has been custom-made to store your materials. Paint and paper refills for The World’s Greatest Paint Set are also available. BioColor paints are completely non-toxic and safe. Winner of Family Life’s Best Learning Toys of 1998, Parents Magazine Best Toys of 1998, and Child Magazine Best Toys of the Year, 1998 Awards.

Here's a strategy game for the whole clan! Your goal is to get 10 cards of one color in numerical order. Roll the die to see what cards you'll get. Make small runs initially, but watch out: at any time you can lose your cards and your strategy! Perfect for the whole family, the game play is easy to pick up and tough to master. Comes with 92 playing cards and a custom colored die. For 2 to 6 players.

Manufacturer: ACT Games

The Patient has a lot on his mind. Can you dig it out? This electronic talking game lets little ones stick their hands in his head and see what they can recognize by touch. Draw a card to find out what you're looking for. Maybe it's the Train of Thought (shaped like a train engine) or The Great Idea (shaped like a light bulb)? Now reach into The Patient's head and pull it out. If you're too rough or you take too long, his nose lights up and your turn is gone. That's okay, you're just a beginner. Keep on trying and you'll be the winner! Comes with an electronic talking head, 8 plastic Funatomy objects, 12 picture cards and instructions. Requires three AA batteries, not included. For 1 to 4 players.

Manufacturer: Hasbro

If you can gesture...you can Guessture! It's the game of split-second charades! Get your team to guess the word on your first card--now grab that card before the Mimer-Timer swallows it. Hurry on to the next card! Think fast! Act faster! There's only seconds for your team to guess 4 words. The game's clever Mimer-Timer is both a card holder and timing device. It holds your 4 Guesstures cards and ticks off seconds while you act out the words. As time runs out, the Mimer-Timer sucks in cards one by one! Your team gets points only for the cards they guess and you grab! Grab the most points to win! Includes 504 cards with card box, Mimer-Timer game unit, crayon, 2 label sheets. For 4 or more players.

Manufacturer: Milton Bradley

Get ready to bend the rules! This fast, thrilling and unique card game is made for all ages. The object is to spell C-H-E-A-T-E-R in one of four color suits. On each turn, roll the dice. Roll doubles and you become the CHEATER...for now. Players, watch out! The CHEATER plays by a different set of rules. If you're not the CHEATER, use action cards to get ahead, protect your hand, or BUST your opponent's hand. Recommended by Family Fun Magazine. For 2 to 4 players. Game contains 71 cards, one pair of dice, and instructions.

Manufacturer: Endless Games

Like father, like son! These two content cats remind us that some of life's most precious moments are within arms, or paws, reach. Take time to reflect in nature's beauty as you put together this 500-piece jigsaw puzzle photographed by David McEnery. Measures 18 x 18 when complete.

Manufacturer: Buffalo Games

Pepi Roni served up a mean plate of pasta until someone did him in. Now there's big trouble in Little Italy. Comes with a complete party planner, invitations, costume and menu suggestions, clues and more! Mystery dinner party game for 6 to 8 players.

Put together a challenge and take a trip to the prehistoric world! Lift and learn puzzles are more than fun: assemble the 300 pieces and discover some interesting new friends! The finished puzzle's different scenes will show you all kinds of exotic creatures as you travel from the Permian to the Pleistocene eras. Then turn the box over to see a portrait of each creature and lift the flaps to learn its name. How many can you guess? Finished puzzle measures 20 x 14.

Manufacturer: Blue Opal

Jan Martin McGuire travels the world, sketching, painting and photographing the natural world that has been her inspiration for her incredible works of art. Jan seeks to be accurate in her portrayal of each animal in its habitat, at the same time she is eliciting an emotional response from her viewer. In this painting she has captured Tian Tian and Mei Xiang of the Smithsonian National Zoo sharing a bit of bamboo. The puzzle is 1000 pieces and measures 20 x 27 when complete.

Manufacturer: F.X. Schmid

SpongeBob and his buddies are hanging around his pineapple pad. Maybe they're catching jellyfish. Maybe they're dancing with hamburgers. With quality Colorfelts, little ones make up their own scenes. Soft and safe, these 31 re-useable Colorfelts give little ones endless possibilities. And it all comes in a nifty plastic portfolio, so you can tote the fun along on your own adventures! Since 1951, Colorforms has made basic, wholesome tools for the imagination that engage children and satisfy their thirst for creative expression.

Manufacturer: Colorforms

Can you unwind a yarn? This game brings out the storyteller in all of us! The Reader has drawn a card that says: �The bad guys were cornered by none other than Guppyman. They feared his utility belt most of all because it contained� Now it's your turn. Continue the story and leave it in a cliff-hanging position for the next player. Keep going until someone �slips (can't think of something to say, says something that doesn't make sense or takes over two seconds to pick up the story), or until the last person playing the game completes the story. A �mood die, time limits and more keep the action lively.

Manufacturer: McWiz Games

Make a Date to Play This Year's Best Game! What did General Custer say just before his last stand? What subject did Albert Einstein flunk in high school? Which player looks the most like a movie star? Find out as you compete to have the best year that you possibly can�along the way, learn a little bit about history and a lot about each other.

Looks like Springfield's for sale. As Nelson would say: �HA ha! Here's the premise: the Monorail has come to town, and, eager to cash in on its success, town residents are buying up everything in sight. Moe's, the Kwik-E-Mart and the Power Plant are all for sale. Totally customized, the game includes six collectible pewter tokens: Bart, Homer, Kang the alien, Blinky the three-eyed fish, Santa's Little Helper and Jebediah Springfield. Monorail stops and stations replace houses and hotels and the Chance and Community Chest cards, money and game board are also customized. Simpsons fans just got what we needed most�- one more way to uselessly while away our time!

Manufacturer: USAopoly

Enjoy a snow-covered scene while you take on a 550-piece challenge. A nostalgic nod, this portrait features an old-time auto making its way through the snowy landscape dotted with colorful quilts and brightly lit by a full moon. It's a charming piece from renowned artist Diane Phalen.

Manufacturer: Great American Puzzle Factory

Here's a fork-tongued fright�a jumble of tangled snakes! Can you foil the coil? This Stack'em and Match'em puzzle is a heap of fun. Stack your five blocks any way you want�just make sure the snakes line up on all four sides. It's a hisssssterical brainteaser!

Let Dora and her friends help you learn and have fun. The four sides of these blocks are full of fun. As you stack them from large to small, you'll learn about number sequencing, the letters of the alphabet and more. And they stack to three-feet high! Sturdy and featuring wipe-clean surfaces, these blocks stack up to lots of fun.

Manufacturer: Great American Puzzle Factory

This new, updated edition includes a parents' guide to help your child get the most from the cards. Preschoolers will love questions you ask them involving animal riddles, alphabet puzzles, number quizzes, rhyming words and what's wrong with this picture? pictures. Plus an adorable Panda named Amanda pops up in lots of questions to make learning even more adventurous. There's 300 questions in all!

Manufacturer: Workman Publishing

Conjuring images of the solitude and danger of the seas, the American lighthouse is a beloved symbol. Masterfully depicted in this puzzle, Oregon's Heceta Head Lighthouse is filled with smaller images of these maritime sentinels from across the country. From Portland Head, Maine to Point Reyes, California, and scores of points in between, many of the nation's most lovely lighthouses are depicted here. The key on the back lets you learn about them while you put the puzzle together! Made of recycled materials, it measures approximately 37 x 14. 600 pieces.

Manufacturer: Great American Puzzle Factory

Millions have admired his works in museums. This masterpiece hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Now you can bring a piece of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's genius home. His beautiful brushstrokes transport you back to the Europe of the late 1800's. A challenge and a pleasure in 500 pieces, this is a uniquely tasteful puzzle.

Manufacturer: Talicor

Create a new butterfly every time you play! Players spin to select colored shapes, then use the pieces to decorate the beautiful butterfly. From Eric Carle's classic picture book. No reading required. For 1-4 players. Winner of Canadian Toy Testing Council - Three Stars award.

Manufacturer: Briarpatch

Who's that . . . up in the trees? Though clumsy at first, these little tree dwellers get the hang of their surroundings in no time! Piece together two adorable babies in their natural habitat. A Discovery Channel puzzle. 250 pieces. Measures 17x13.

This game is bubbling over with fun and secrets! Designed specifically for teens, it's fast-paced, exciting and revealing. Learn more about your friends and yourself as you move your markers around the board. Answer the questions and complete the tasks on the Chicken Soup cards. If you do what the card asks, you get to keep it. Questions can be as revealing as finding out a player's secret crush or as silly as divulging your favorite chewing gum. Collect eight cards and win the game. Includes game board, one Chicken Soup die, Chicken Soup cards, a pencil, a pad and six game markers. For 2 to 6 players.

Snack on yummy Spam! This puzzle offers a delicious serving, cut into 81 itty-bitty pieces. It's highly-saturated fun, without all the fat! Comes in handy, Spam-sized cardboard box. 81 fully interlocking pieces. Measures 7x7.

Manufacturer: Bepuzzled

It's the Italian strategy game of excitement and betrayal! In Italian, chiamo means, �I call! This game of trick-taking and point scoring challenges you to lead the round by calling out �Chiamo! with confidence. Your partners can change from round to round, so don't get attached to anyone! Rules for a 2-player, a 3-player and a 4-player game give you lots of options. Comes with 40 Chiamo! Cards, three point cards and instructions. For 2 to 4 players.

Manufacturer: Playroom Entertainment

It's 100 eyeball tanglers and brain befuddlers from famed puzzle master Martin Gardner of Scientific American. Color-coded for three difficulty levels; solutions on the back of each card Irresistible fun for families, teams, or solo players. Winner of the National Association for Gifted Children Holiday Educational Toy List - 1998, National Parenting Publications Honors Award - 1998 and the Parent's Guide to Children's Media - 1998.

Manufacturer: Binary Arts

Read The Theft of the Royal Ruby which takes the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, on an old-fashioned Christmas holiday wrapped up in murder and intrigue. Assemble the beautifully illustrated puzzle and discover hidden clues that will help you solve the mystery. Beware! The puzzle is different from the box cover. Includes a 1,000-piece puzzle and story booklet.

Four fun card games can be played with one large, easy-to-hold deck of beautifully illustrated cards. �Monkey's Uncle! is a new twist on Old Maid'�the player left with the Gorilla card is the Monkey's Uncle! �Big, Big Fish! is a version of Go Fish' using the letters on the cards for matching. The first player to match all their cards is the Big Big Fish! �Go-Go Gorilla is a race to see who can alphabetize their deck quickest, and �Mr. Moose's Memory Match! is a standard game of Memory' . It's also fun for kids to spot the things on each card that start with the letter on that card. This great set contains 53 playing cards, two cards with the instructions for four games, and one card with educational tips for parents.

Manufacturer: Ravensburger

Once The Flea Market TriBond Jigsaw puzzle is assembled, the fun really begins. Playing off the TriBond game, see how many threesomes can be found from the seemingly unrelated objects. For instance, find the waitress, the soldier and the tennis player. What do all 3 have in common? What do a rose, cherry and wineglass have in common? Each puzzle is filled with over 100 threesomes. Hints and solution are enclosed with each puzzle. 550 piece puzzle. Finished size 18 x 24. Chosen a Games 100 winner by Games magazine.

Timber is a great stacking game although you'll need a flat and steady surface in order to stack all the timber. Take it in turns to throw the dice and move the appropriately colored block to the top, making sure the whole stack doesn't fall.

Be a pinball wizard! This electronic game brings classic pinball to the electronic age. Nifty game unit features include a pop-up scoreboard and a ball pull lever. Flashing lights and optional sound add to the fun. 2 AA batteries (not included) required. For 1 player.

Manufacturer: Rocketech

Any chess lover is sure to fall for this set. Appealing to the strategist's practical side, this set features a neat design that makes storage a snap. But it also boasts a lovely design in rich blonde and dark woods. Just flip the set open, and you've got a 17-1/2 game board, rarin' to go! Professionally weighted and balanced, the 3-1/2 chessmen stored inside are hand carved with care. Go ahead, open up your chess game!