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From Your Favorite Books....

Visit the Library's Harry Potter Page!!!
http://www.librarykidsville.org/harry_potter.htm

American Girls
http://www.americangirl.com/homepage2.html

Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com/
Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.

Clifford the Big Red Dog
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Interactive stories featuring the beloved big red dog.

Dave Pilkey's Web Site o' Fun
http://www.pilkey.com/

Eileen Christelow
http://www.christelow.com

Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx
Silly poems about birthdays, bedtime, school, sports, and many more daily activities.

Jan Brett (Author)
http://janbrett.com/

Lemony Snicket
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

LookyBook
http://www.lookybook.com
Read and look at picture books online, from cover to cover.

MysteryNet's Kid Mysteries
http://www.kidsmysterynet.com
Online mysteries, games, and scary stories for school age readers.

Narnia
http://www.narnia.com/
Visit Narnia, the land of enchantment and wonder created 50 years ago by author C.S. Lewis.

Online Adventures of Captain Underpants
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm

Rainbow Magic
http://www.rainbowmagiconline.com/uk/index.html
Meet the Rainbow fairies, play fairy games, and enjoy fairy activities.

Redwall Abbey
http://www.redwall.org/
The official website of the Redwall series of books. Features all kinds of activities, games, puzzles, recipes and more.

Seussville
http://www.seussville.com
Join The Cat in the Hat for games, stories, and more.

Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org
The next best thing to going to the Library!

Awards....

Newbery Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Caldecott Medal Winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

Coretta Scott King Award Winners
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/

Suggested Reads ....

Juvenile Series and Sequels
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/
The 'Juvenile Series and Sequels' database currently contains over 23,000 books in series titles that are classified into three audiences: Young Adult – for high school-aged readers, Juvenile – appropriate for grade school through junior high-aged readers, and Juvenile Easy – for young readers just beginning to read.

Kids Reads  
http://kidsreads.com/   
Features selected books for kids, ages 6-12. Includes background information about authors and lists of their books.  Read the online newsletter and participate in the weekly poll.

Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com/
A literary program to help boys become better readers, better students, better guys.

Teen Reads   
http://www.teenreads.com/   
Presents book reviews, articles and author interviews, aimed at teenage readers.

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/new.html  
 
CLWG attempts to gather and categorize Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Includes book awards lists.

Children's Literature Navigator
http://www.imaginarylands.org/
A compilation of Internet resources for librarians, parents, teachers, and children which are organized alphabetically within categories.

Turning the Paige
http://turnpaige.com/
This website is a place for young readers to come, for discussion, for recommendations, to make recommendations, and generally share their love of reading.  All the book reviews here are books for young readers , and readers that are young at heart.

 

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School

700+ Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
The largest collection of children's sites in cyberspace, this site includes links to online resources for fun and learning reviewed and organized by children's librarians.

Ask an Expert
http://k12science.org/askanexpert.html
Provides links to experts in a number of different categories

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
BJ Pinchbeck has set up a Web site that helps students find the information they need to complete their assignments in any school subject.

Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com
Find many subject guides for school assignments in the student channel area. There are also many knowledge-based games for children.

Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html

Education Planet
http://www.educationplanet.com/
The education web guide.

Internet Public Library - Youth Division
http://www.ipl.org/youth/
Good general site for beginning research. Has youth area, reference area, links to good sites in many areas.

KidsNet
http://www.kidsnet.org/
KIDSNET helps children, families and educators intelligently access the educational opportunities available from television, radio and multimedia sources.

Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html
An action-packed, animated site. Special features include "good stuff to read," homework help, and hot links to cool sites.

ProTeacher
http://www.proteacher.com/
A professional community and web directory for elementary school teachers in grades preK-6.

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Fun Stuff
 
Sports & GamesDrawing & ColoringCool StuffTV & Movies Clubs E-Zines

Sports and Games....

Sports Illustrated for Kids Online
http://www.sikids.com/

Bodies in Motion, Minds at Rest
http://library.thinkquest.org/12153/
What is your heart rate? What are some basic exercises you can do? Do diets work? What are some health issues you should know about? These and more questions answered at this site.

Cleveland Indians
http://indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cle/homepage/cle_homepage.jsp

eHobbies
http://www.ehobbies.com/
Both beginning and avid hobbyist will discover informative articles, tips, reviews and how-to's on popular hobbies.

FunBrain
http://www.funbrain.com/
Fun and games for K-8.

Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.org/kids.html

PuzzleMaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

Hangman
http://kids.ot.com/cgi/kids/hangman/

Drawing and Coloring....

Crayola
http://www.crayola.com/

DLTK's Printable Crafts For Kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety of fun children's crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters.

Draw and Color With Uncle Fred
http://www.unclefred.com/index.html
Pick the cartoon you want to draw and color, then follow the step-by-step instructions on how to draw it.

Drawing in One-Point Perspective
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/
Step-by-step instructions for basic one-point are presented on this site. The first section presents key concepts in one-point perspective.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Lots of fun stuff including crafts, games, coloring pages, and so much more!

Mark Kister's Imagination Station
http://www.draw3d.com/
Mark Kistler can help you blast off to amazing 3D drawing adventures!

About.com Guide to Art for Kids
http://artforkids.miningco.com/kids/artforkids/
Internet links, original articles on art and music, coloring pages, a drawing contest, electronic postcards, picture gallery, and more from Tracy Pearson, who also edits the Art for Kids newsletter.

Between the Lions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/
Web site for the PBS children's series Between the Lions, named for a family of lions -- Theo, Cleo, Lionel and Leona -- who run a library like no other on earth. Includes weekly illustrated stories, songs, coloring pages and games centered around the whole language reading concept.

Butterfly Coloring Book
http://butterflies.foremost.com/kids_stuff/coloring_book/coloring.html
Hey kids! Do you like to color pictures? We've got a few butterflies you can have fun with. Print out the page and then go wild with your crayons, markers or paints.

ChildFun Activities
http://childfun.com/activities.shtml
Coloring pages, books, fun crafts, songs, fingerplays, poems, science projects, games and more. They are perfect for preschool and elementary teachers, childcare providers and parents just looking for a way to fill a rainy day!

Caricature Zone
http://www.magixl.com/heads/intro.html
Take a look at (300+) caricatures of international stars and explore aneasy-to-use method of sketching faces with a few clicks of the (PC) mouse.

How to Draw a Cartoon Character
http://www.garyharbo.com/activity.html
Gary will show you how to draw different cartoon characters - in ten easy steps! You can also use Step #9 as a coloring book page.

Clubs....

Ohio 4-H Website
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fourhoh/
Find out what's going on in 4H around Ohio... get involved!

National 4-H Web
http://www.4-h.org/
4-H isn't just for kids who live on the farm. There are hundreds of clubs in urban areas. But if you're interested in the farm, 4-H has lots of agricultural projects

Scouting Online
http://www.scoutorama.com/
Has lots of information about being a Cub Scout or Boy Scout.

Girl Scouts Homepage
http://www.girlscouts.org/
Everything you wanted to know about being a Brownie or Girl Scout is here!

Cool Stuff....

Activity TV
http://www.activitytv.com/
Find lots of fun activities for kids, with video instructions and printables. Crafts, Magic, Puppets, Science, and more!

Beanie Babies
http://www.ty.com/

Bembo's Zoo
http://www.bemboszoo.com/
A cool alphabet book online. Click on the alphabet and watch them create an amimal for each letter.

Comic Strips from United Media
http://www.unitedmedia.com/

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Lots of fun stuff including crafts, games, coloring pages, and so much more!

E-Zines....

Consumer reports Online for Kids
http://www.zillions.org/
This free online magazine is a great source of consumer information for kids about toy ratings, money issues, online polls, and lots more. For kids ages 8 and older.

A Girl's World
http://www.agirlsworld.com/
An e-zine especially for girls 7-15. It features interviews with famous women by girl reporters, crafts, a pajama party, stories, and much more.

Midlink Magazine
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/index.html
Visit Global skylines where skylines of cities that span the globe are created by kids. Click your way through halls of poetry and storytelling. Get involved in the Native Animal Project where you submit info. about animals in your community.

National Geographic Magazine for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
Explore each month's "passport" for neat articles, and quizzes.

Sports Illustrated for Kids Online
http://www.sikids.com/index.html
Online version of Sports Illustrated which features news, a behind-the-scenes look at top stories, a gallery of kids' work, a trivia challenge, a calendar of sports stars' birthdays, and more.

TV and Movies....

Batman Beyond
http://www.batmanbeyond.com/
A companion site to the WB Kids animated cartoon Batman Beyond, featuring the adventures of a new Batman in a futuristic Gotham City. The site requires the Flash plug-in.

CyberChase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Fun and Games with the CyberSquad from the hit tv show on PBS.

The New Batman/Superman Adventures
http://www.batman-superman.com/
The Caped Crusader is back and cooler then ever, in brand-new episodes of the animated action-packed series.

The Official Ninja Turtle Website
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/
Toys, comic books, t-shirts, history, sound files, images; if its Turtles then its here.

Official Speed Racer Virtual Pit Stop
http://www.speedracer.com/
Episode guides, collectible lists, character profiles, and frequently asked questions about the Speed Racer cartoon series.

Pokemon World
http://www.pokemon.com/
Track the adventures of Ash and Pikachu through their animated television show. To keep you up-to-date, Pokémon World provides the following: TV Listings, Episode Guide, and Videos. This site also has downloads and information on the Pokemon video games.

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Searching the Web

700+ Great Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
From the American Library Association

facthound
http://www.facthound.com
FactHound offers a safe, fun way to find Internet sites by subject.

Ithaki 4 K i D s
http://kids.ithaki.net/
Ithaki 4 K i D s helps you to find the best sites just for kids via searching in real time several search engines for kids like DmozKids, Yahooligans, FactMonster, ArtKIDSRule, AolKIDS, AwesomeLibrary & KidsClick!

Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/guide.html


Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Designed for ages 7 to 12, these sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children

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Local Links

Butler Institute of American Art 
http://www.butlerart.com
Information on the museum and it’s collection of American art and current exhibits.

Canfield Fair
http://www.canfieldfair.com
Information about the annual fair and events that take place at the fairgrounds throughout the year.

Mahoning Valley Scrappers
http://www.mvscrappers.com
The local Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians

Mill Creek Park
http://www.millcreekmetroparks.com/
Information on public park established in 1891 in Mahoning County.

National McKinley Birthplace Memorial 
http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/museum/
A link to Pres. William McKinley Museum and the McKinley Memorial Library in Niles, Ohio.

National Packard Museum 
http://www.packardmuseum.org
Information on the Packard motor car and the Packard family of Warren, Ohio.

Sutliff Museum  
http://www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us/museum.htm
Victorian era museum located at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library.

Vickers Nature Preserve (Yellow Creek Park)
http://www.millcreekmetroparks.com/vickers.htm
Located in Ellsworth Township, this beautiful public park is part of Mill Creek Park.

Yellow Creek Park
http://www.millcreekmetroparks.com/yellowcreek.htm
Part of Mill Creek Park, this site gives information and photos of this public park located in Struthers.

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor
http://www.ohiohistory.org/textonly/places/youngst/
Location, hours and admission information for this Ohio Historical Society facility located in Youngstown to promote the iron and steel industry in the valley.

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