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TM Books & Video has been producing film and video since 1974. Their shows have appeared on network TV, PBS, and cable stations around the country. TM is currently licensed by John Deere, Boeing Aircraft, Lionel, and Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry to make educational children’s videos. TM has produced shows on big machines, airplanes, tractors, trains, and cowboys. Their best-selling series, I Love Toy Trains, has sold almost three million copies, the most ever for an independently produced children’s series. Awards include the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award. People Magazine chose Great Toy Train Layouts of America as one of the top ten videos of the year.

TM released their first John Deere DVD in October 2005. Since then, TM has produced eight more DVDs based on the iconic tractor manufacture and sales are approaching one million units. TM is currently working on their ninth John Deere DVD, John Deere Country: The John Deere Harvester Works, Moline, IL.


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John Deere Heaven, Part I
I Love Toy Trains Series
Welcome to John Deere Heaven, Part 1—where all is mellow and even the cows are green and mellow. We first visited John Deere Heaven in All About John Deere Part 4, and people enjoyed the trip so much we decided to return and stay for an entire show.
 
See John Deere toys come alive in this fanciful, fast-paced mix of toy trains, tractors, and big machines. TM’s video magic will thrill and delight young and old alike. See O gauge and Standard gauge John Deere trains zip around elaborately detailed train layouts along with John Deere 1/16th, 1/50th and 1/64th scale tractors, cars, and trucks. Plus ten original songs by our favorite singer/songwriter James Coffey. Otto is in town and his little switch engine is blocking them mainline and here comes the Circus Train! Oh no!

If you love John Deere toys, music, and fun—buy this DVD. You’ll love it. Guaranteed.
Running time: 45 minutes SRP $14.95
 
TM’s I Love videos have sold over two million copies, the most ever for an independently produced children’s series. They have received rave reviews from the national media, librarians, and parenting magazines. Each award-winning show features real and toy train action, the toe-tapping music of award –winning singer/songwriter James Coffey, and a sweet spirit that appeals to young and old. Kids learn, laugh, and want more.

I Love Toy Trains Series
in a 5-DVD Collector’s Box Set includes Parts 1 through 12 plus the Final Show – all packaged in an attractive, 5-DVD set box. Almost 7 hours of great train action, music and fun. Makes an impressive gift and customers save money.

The I Love Toy Train DVDs can be sold separately with 3 shows on each 90 minute DVD for $19.95 each and the Final Show sells for only $14.95.
All About Cowboys Series
All About Trains for Kids
All About Cowboys, Part 1 (45 minutes) $12.95
An exciting mix of cowboy action, Western lore, and the lively music of Bethany Zill. Beth sings both classic and original songs. We visit the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo where bull riders and wild bronco busters match their skills against 1500-pound bulls and wild, bucking horses. We visit Bridger, a 7-year-old cowboy, and his pony Mabel. See amazing trick riders, crack a bullwhip, tame a wild horse, and meet Max Reynolds, a world-class trick roper. All this against backdrops of blue skies, misty mountains, and the golden prairie. Kids will learn, laugh, and want more. Grown-ups, too. Parents’ Choice award-winner and chosen by Parenting Magazine as one of the top kid videos of the year.

All About Cowboys, Part 2 (45 minutes) $12.95
We see real cowboys in action Big Creek Ranch, an 84,000 acre slice-of-heaven. More thrills and spills at the rodeo, go on a cattle drive, see a fast-draw expert, learn about Quarter horses, Percheron draft horses, take a ride on the prairie, learn how to ride a horse, talk about “The Cowboy Way,” and a lot more. Plus music by Bethany Zill. Original compositions include Where The Cowboy Calls His Home; also classics like Get Along Little Dogie and Chisholm Trail. Parents’ Choice Award winner.
 
All About Trains for Kids has almost 60 minutes of all-new rail adventures — real trains, toy trains, steamers, and diesels, plus new music by James Coffey. We take you back to the days when gorgeous steam locomotives like the Milwaukee Road’s Hiawatha pounded the rails.

You’ll learn how to build a train layout, take a rare peek inside a steel mill, and learn the role trains play. See the Union Pacific’s Challenger ride the rails in Wyoming. Plus the story of a lucky dog that became the mascot of the US Postal Department and rode on mail trains and boats all over the world. 55 min SRP $14.95
 
 CONTACT INFORMATION:
TM BOOKS AND VIDEO
PO Box 279
New Buffalo, MI 49117
Ph: 800-879-2822
Fax: 219-879-7909
http://www.tmbv.com
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