Barnes & Noble Kids:An Online Store with a New Look and Broader Selection to Inspire Young Curious Minds, Just in Time for the Holidays
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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20091109006208/en Shopping Made Easier Than Ever With New Search Tools; Holiday Top Ten Lists and Collections of the Best Books, Toys and Games Handpicked by Our Experts NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world`s largest bookseller, today unveiled its newly designed online B&N Kids Store just in time for the holidays at BN.com (www.barnesandnoble.com), offering parents more ways to inspire their children, with tools to easily find the right book based on a child`s reading level, age and favorite series; holiday top ten lists and collections of the best books, toys, and games handpicked by our experts. The new B&N Kids Store (www.bn.com/kids) features a comprehensive selection of fun and educational development products including award-winning toys and games, workbooks, DVDs and music selections. To celebrate the new B&N Kids Store, anyone can enter the "Barnes & Noble Inspiration Sweepstakes" from now through December 16, for a daily chance to win a Barnes & Noble.com Online Gift Certificate. Winners can choose from the vast online selection of books, toys and games at B&N Kids that will inspire children with a love of reading and learning. What will make shopping so much easier for parents at B&N Kids is that they can now quickly find books matched to their child`s reading level, age and Lexile score. They can also see all the titles in favorite children`s series and sort them by popularity; as well as find school books, workbooks, class materials and learning toys organized by grade and subject. And, parents can also shop our editor`s handpicked collections of the best books, toys and games for every age and browse current children`s bestseller lists. The Barnes & Noble Holiday Gift Guide (www.bn.com/holiday) also features the top books, toys and games for kids` holiday gifts recommended by the children`s experts at B&N Kids. The B&N Kids Top Ten for children`s books are: * Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas * The Magician's Elephant * The Silver Spoon for Children * The Polar Express * A Light in the Attic: Special Edition * The Little Prince * The Nutcracker * The Snowy Day * A Christmas Carol (Sterling Unabridged Classics Series) * Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies * The Magician's Elephant * The Polar Express * The Little Prince * The Snowy Day * Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies The B&N Kids Top Ten for children`s toys are: * Puzzle Stacker * Automoblox Mini 3-Pack * Bilibo- Orange * Groovie Blocks * Crazy Forts * Shrinky Dinks, Friends, Fashion and Fun * The Earth Puzzleball * Tag Reading System * Sleep Sheep * LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 * Automoblox Mini 3-Pack * Groovie Blocks * Shrinky Dinks, Friends, Fashion and Fun * Tag Reading System * LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 The B&N Kids Top Ten for games are: * Bananagrams Game * Castle Logix * Architecto * Fairytale Spinner Game * The Family Dinner Box of Questions * The Scrambled States of America Game * Trivial Pursuit Beatles Edition * Twilight Scene it? Deluxe Edition * Zingo! Bingo Game * Scrabble Signature Edition (B&N Exclusive) * Castle Logix * Fairytale Spinner Game * The Scrambled States of America Game * Twilight Scene it? Deluxe Edition * Scrabble Signature Edition (B&N Exclusive) In addition to more than 100,000 children`s books, toys and games, B&N Kids provides original and exclusive content. "Letter Blocks" is an interactive blog featuring news and ideas about children`s books and reading with frequent posts from parents and authors. Barnes & Noble`s "Family Room" book club is a free discussion forum for parents and others interested in talking about kids books and literary issues. Barnes & Noble Studio and the Barnes & Noble Studio children`s channel include interviews with Mike Lupica, author of Million-Dollar Throw; Glenn Beck on the picture book adaptation of The Christmas Sweater, and trailers for The Christmas Sweater and Wicked: The Musical. Parents can save as they inspire a love of learning and reading in their children with B&N Kids special offers and the online "Deal of the Day." Currently, featured offers include a B&N exclusive Wooden Snowman Stacker, only $5.95 with the purchase of any two children`s books, while supplies last; and a sale on Children`s Unabridged Classics, three for $19.95. About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world`s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 774 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 624 college bookstores serving nearly 4 million students and over 250,000 faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is the nation`s top bookseller brand for the sixth year in a row, as determined by a combination of the brand`s performance on familiarity, quality, and purchase intent; the top bookseller in quality for the second year in a row and the number two retailer in trust, according to the EquiTrend Brand Study by Harris Interactive. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web`s largest e-commerce sites, which also features hundreds of thousands of titles in its eBookstore (www.bn.com/ebooks). Customers can buy and read eBooks on a wide range of platforms, including the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry® smartphones, as well as most Windows® and Mac® laptops or full-sized desktop computers. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company`s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com. Social Media Links: Follow B&N on Twitter: www.bn.com/twitter Become a fan of our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BNStudio Barnes & Noble, Inc. Mary Ellen Keating, 212-633-3323 Corporate Communications mkeating@bn.com or Carolyn J. Brown, 212-633-4062 Corporate Communications cbrown@bn.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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