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Munchkin

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This is the 1st Edition, 19th Printing

Players: 3-6
Playing time: 1 hour
Ages: 10 and up

Game Objective:
Munchkin captures the dungeon experience... with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. All you have to do is kill monsters and grab…

Pat the Bunny

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"In the nursery canon, Dorothy Kunhardt's touch-and-feel book ""Pat the Bunny"" holds a place of special affection. Since 1940, tiny children have delighted in sniffing the scented drawings of flowers and stroking the rough material on ""Daddy's…

Harry the Dirty Dog

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In this newly colorized edition of the classic book (published in 1956) by the late Gene Zion and his wife/ illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham, Harry runs away from a bath to find some good, clean fun. But when his adventures in town make him so dirty…

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

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This is the story of a curious donkey named Sylvester Duncan who discovers a magic pebble and accidentally turns himself into a rock. A loving set of donkey parents do their best to find Sylvester and, in the end, with the help of the magic pebble,…

Hansel & Gretel

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This story of two poor children, abandoned in the woods and using their wits to outsmart a nasty witch, is so well-known that it needs no further elaboration. Those familiar with Jeffers's 1980 version (Dial) will notice that this edition includes a…

The Real Mother Goose

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"Old Woman, Old Woman," a nonsense Mother Goose rhyme in Wright's classic collection, features an old woman "tossed in a basket" who is sailing off to "sweep the cobwebs from the sky."

Works Cited:
Chatton, Barbara. "The Real Mother…

When We Were Very Young

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Writing verse for children is not so easy a trick as it
seems-a fact attested by many failures. Mr. Milne's
rattling rhymes, first printed in Punch, are engaging
enough to turn the trick-one thinks that any child would
love to say them. They are…

Madeline

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Looking at this book's impressionistic watercolor illustrations, it is not surprising that Bemelmans considered himself more of an artist than a writer. However, the text's rhymed verse is equally appealing and makes the book unique. The heroine,…

City Hall

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2-4 players
90 minutes
13 +

Stakes are high in the Big Apple. In your bid to become Mayor you will send your staffers to the seven offices in City Hall and auction off their benefits. You can accept your rivals influence, or pay your own to…

Eminent Domain

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2-4 players
45 minutes
10+

Eminent Domain is an empire building game in which your empire's abilities are based on a deck of Role cards. At the beginning of the game each player has the same deck of cards. Every turn you must choose a role to…