Tykes will find plenty to keep them busy too, with Goosebumps' Attack of the Mutant, and Microsoft's Creative Writer 2, Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs, Magic School Bus Explores the Rain Forest, Plus for Kids, and 3D Movie Maker.

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Ephron, who died of leukemia last summer at age 71, gained fame as the writer of films such as "You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle, " which both also starred Hanks.

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"England always harks back to this golden age which realistically only exists between 1886 and 1900, " football writer Jonathan Wilson, author of "The Anatomy of England, " told CNN.

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