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Summer picnics are a classic way to spend quality time with your family. Adding games into the mix totally ups the fun factor tenfold! To get you started, we are giving away our own picnic fruit basket set of BANANAGRAMS games. — This 3 game prize-pack includes, the original BANANAGRAMS, PAIRS IN PEARS, in which players must race to make pairs of connecting words in matching patterns, and APPLETTERS, a fast-paced game similar to dominoes where players connect letters instead of dots. All games come in durable cloth pouches for easy travel. And for even more BANANAGRAMS brainy fun, we will also include BANANAGRAMS for Kids, a puzzle book featuring 130 word games. To enter, send us an email explaining why you’d like to win: newyorkfamily@manhattanmedia.com and put “Bananagrams” in the subject line. Be sure to include your contact info, including address. Deadline to enter is Friday, August 26.

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