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Books & Authors

Databases

A great guide to fiction and narrative non-fiction such as history, biography, adventure, travel, you name it. An easy interface with many search options makes this an excellent reader's advisory tool.
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Books

Scholastic's list of 100 greatest books for kids!

Looking for picture and chapter books with strong female characters? Check out these recommended feminist literature lists for birth through 18!

Bank Street College of Education's recommended booklists for kids.

We are a team of teachers who love children's books and have created this site of the best children's books to help you quickly and easily find the ideal book for any topic and reading level.

Picture books recommended by the Eric Carle Museum staff!

Check out these holiday booklists from the New York Public Library!

Kidsreads is the best place on the web for kids to find info about their favorite books, series and authors. Reviews of the newest titles, interviews with the coolest authors and special features on great books are our specialties.

From the Mid-Continent Public Library (Independence, MO). This extensive database lists every series you can think of (and more). Look up series by series title, book title, author, and subject.

Books for smart, confident, and courageous girls.

Check out booklists from the Monroe County Library System!

The NYT's Bestseller picture book lists. Scroll down the left side to the Children's Lists to see chapter books, paperbacks, and series!

Recommended children's reading from the Mid-Continent Public Library.

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.

Authors

Search Engines

Ask Kids is a search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age-appropriate than traditional, adult search engines.

Sniffing out facts on the web!

The freedom to explore! A web search for kids by librarians.

The official kids portal for the U.S. government.

Kids games, kids music, kids movies and more!

Homework Help

Databases

Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content.

Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Log in with your library card number as "user name" and create a password that you can remember. Practice 4th grade math and reading, 5th grade math, and middle school skills improvement for test preparation! -- Quickstart Guide

Links

The Library of Congress presents America's Story. Discover the stories of America's past...

Benjamin Franklin's guide to U.S. government for kids!

A Forbes Library subject guide to homeschooling (both local and internet resources.)

Information you can trust.

This page provides access to all the test questions on which student results are based, from the last five years.

The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.

Useful & Educational Sites

Got a question about fitness? Disease? Peer pressure? You've come to the right place! BAM! Body and Mind will tell you all you need to know about the stuff that matters.

Serve up some scrumptious recipes!

Get media smart!

The internet's #1 education site for K-8 kids and teachers.

Find out all about the United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site.

Where kids speak up for free speech!

Cool games to learn about space, Earth, and technology.

Interactive art you can make online.

Get ready to read with free online resources from PBS KIDS Raising Readers! These games and activities help build reading skills at home, in child care, and in the community.

Sports Illustrated for kids.

Take a stand. Lend a hand.

Curriculum rich resources for teachers.

Fun Game Sites

Welcome to BigIdeaFun.com! Have we got some fun for you and your kids! This site comes to you straight from Big Idea Productions, where we’re also hard at work bringing you VeggieTales, 3-2-1 Penguins! and Larryboy movies, videos, books, music and more.

Online games, videos, activities, printables.

Free online games from shows like Ben 10, Star Wars and Pokemon!

American Girl games, activities, quizzes!

Bringing the visual arts to life.

Online games, videos, activities, printables for characters like Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Barney, Angelina Ballerina, and Pingu.

Online educational comic generator for kids of all ages.

The smart place to play preschool games and do fun activities.

The smart place to play games for older kids.

Educational games, videos, and activities for kids!

All things Dr. Seuss!

SparkTop.org - where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.

The best place for yucky entertainment.

 


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