Events and Related Sites



Kids Resources:   
3d-i.org - Want to be an architect or design video games when you grow up? Discover the orgins of hiphop fashion and design your own watch at 3d-i.org
4Kids
75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know
Afghanistan for kids Alleen and Don Nilsen and their children were in Afghanistan from 1967 until 1969 where they taught school. This web site describes their experiences at that time.
Aileen Fisher: "I Heard a Bluebird Sing" is a collection of children's favorite Fisher poems.
A Jar of Tiny Stars celebrates ten of the brightest stars in children's poetry -- including Myra Cohn Livingston, John Ciardi, Lilian Moore, and Barbara Esbensen -- through poems that children across the country selected as their favorites.
American Girl - Whether your and American Girl or Amelia fan, you'll find hours of fun exploring these activities.
Arthur Dorros Online Home
ALA-YALSA's "Quick Picks For Reluctant YA Readers
Africa Access Website
African American Read-In Chain - a million readers from across the US are expected to participate in the 13th national African American Read-in Chain to help celebrate Black History Month.
America Writes for Kids - Looking for a good book? Need to do a report? Check out this site.
America's Library
America's Story from America's Library
America's Promise - the alliance for youth
Animal Land
Ask Jeeves for Kids - type in a question, and Jeeves will find the answer on the internet
Baboró - Ireland's first international arts festival especially for children aged between 3 and 12
Barbie.com
Basil Baker - A Literate Site for Bear Lovers
Bathroom Reader.com
BCALA-Wiley Black Books Galore! Contest
Bembo's Zoo
The Berenstain Bears
Bettycrocker.com - Hungry for cooking and baking ideas? Try some of these fun recipes!
Between the Lions
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
Bonus.com
BookAdventure
BookHive
Bookmuse.com
Book Talk
Books in Spanish and English about Hispanic/Latino people and culture
Boys and Girls Clubs of America  
BraryDog - Your Homework Help and Web Companion
Bravo Sponsors National Talent Contest
The Brookfield Zoo Website
The Boy's and Girl's Club's "All-Time Classics"
Butterfly Kit - Informative, fun facts about butterflies
Capitol Choices
CBC4Kids
Center for School Change
Change Maker Game
Chapter-A-Day online teen book club
Chesskids Academy - Enroll at the planet's coolest online chess school and learn how to play
Child Welfare League of America
Children's Choices list
Children's Defense Fund  
Children's Literature Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Children's Writing Resource Center
Club Space Place - Space based activities provided by NASA
Connecting Young Adults and Libraries
2003 Contest www.janbrett.com - Starts October 1st 2003. 1000 books will be given!
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
Council for Exceptional Children
Cricket Magazine Group
Criminologist Links and Resources
Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
CYKE - Cyber Knowledge and Emotion
Cyber Surfari - An Internet Treasure Hunt!
DeweyDoes.com - Ask Dewey Does: Post your questions, thoughts or concerns
Dictionaraoke.org- the most exciting dictionary on the web, EVER!
Dimdima - online children's magazine
Discovery School Homework Help
Documentation Format - How to document your sources
Early Reading - Technology Project
Education 4 Kids - An Internet Resource
Educational Tours
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Elephants
English Festival
Epals.com
Official Site for the rerelease of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
ExploraVision Awards Deadline is February 4, 2002.
E-Wally  You'll discover lots about the world of the Internet as you read and do activities.
FableVision
Fact HoundKey in your Capstone Book ID to find useful and related Web sites.
FactMonster.com - Quick links to an almanac, dictionary and encyclopedia, and a homework center
FastWEB - Largest online scholarship search available
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Felix's Clubhouse
FirebirdFor fans of the best in fantasy and science fiction including links to the best science fiction sites on the Web and new cover gallery with artist information.
Fun With Spot
Get Caught Reading
Ghost Forest - More than 100 illustrations from the Bularian folktale that tells about the adventures of a small girl who gets into an enchanted game world.
A Girl's World
Girls' Life
Girls Go Tech - Girls rule! Want to find out how technology can be a part of your future? Unlock the door to discover the genius inside you.
Globes
Grade School Globe-trotters
Grantionary
Grasshopper Press - Check out seventh-grade Mary Catherine Lindsay's Atlanta-based stationary company.
Green School Project
A Guide to the Business of Babysitting
The Haiku Exchange Project encourages students from schools throughout the world to exhange haiku in their native languages and English by e-mail and the Internet.
HarperTeen Network - Find a wide variety of books you'll WANT to read
Harry Potter
Harvard's Museum of Natural History
High School Journalism
HighlightsKids.com
Insideschools.org
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
International Children's Digital Library - Find lots of books from many different countries
Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages
The Internet Public Library (IPL) - Do you have a school project that you need help with? Have you been wondering about something and you really want to find the answer? We might be able to help you.
Jan Brett Activities
Japan A regional directory of Japan
Jefferson Lab Kids Corner
Join the Major Leagues @ your library
Junior Achievement
Junior Book Group - Oregon
Just For Kids Who Love Books
Juvenile Justice: Unplugged
Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Key Pals
KidAuthors.com - Share your stories and poems with people around the world, including your friends and family. You can also read stories and poems written by kids around the world.
KidsBank
KidBibs
KIDINFO
Kidnews.com
KidsClick! - Search engine just for kids.
Kidscom Key Pals
KIDSNET
Kids.net.au - A search engine just for kids!
Kids on the Net
Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership
Kidsreads.com - Find info about your favorite books, series and authors.
KinderArt
SCETV's educational web portal
Kulture Kidz an educational website about people of color
Letters About Literature Contest
Literature Circles - Book reviews, articles and book excerpts, personal coaching from veteran teachers and a kid's section.
Literature Circles: Understanding The Middle East
Lovenpoetry.com - promoting poetry worldwide
The Mad Scientist Network
Marco Polo for Kids Contest
Ask Dr. Math
Meet Molly Moon
Meet Mr. Winkle
Megaskills Education Center
Merlyn's Pen publishes selected teen writings
Merriam-Webster's Word Central
MindOH! Foundation
Mom USA Student Writing Competition. Deadline is December 15, 2001.
MyReportLinks.com - This website can help you write your next report.
Nancy Drew Interactive Games
The National Adrean
National Youth Council of Ireland
Native American Art and Education Center
National Association of Partners in Education
NASA's Planetary Photojournal
National Black Child Development Institute
National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
National Engineers Week - Try one of our hands-on activities, from building a mousetrap powered vehicle to sampling Slinky® science.
National Geographic Book Club for Kids
National Science Foundation - free publication on encouraging girls in math, engineering, and science
Native American - The Explore Park
Native American - a Native American village
Native American - Southwest Children's Literature
New Moon
Nick Jr. Magazine
Nickelodeon Magazine
Nutrition and Kids - This cutting edge game is sold on CD-Rom and is designed to help teach you about proper nutrition, healthier foods, and having a healthy body.
Online Education
Our Documents National History Day - Grades 6-12 can enter the contest.
Our Kids
Pacific View Press
PACERS Small Schools Cooperative
Parents & Students - this area of the site provides resources for parents and students.
Peace Corps Kids World
Peter Rabbit's Website
Pitara Kids Network
Potluck Magazine--publishes kids writings
Powhatan Indians of Virginia
PBS Kids - Play with your friends from Between the Lions, Sesame Street, Arthur, the Teletubbies and more!
Public Education Network
Public Private Ventures - Youth Education for Tomorrow (YET)
Reach Out and Read - National Center
Reading Rockets
Reading is Fundamental
Reading is Fundamental--Find out what it takes to create the illustrations in children's books  Updated
ReadWriteThink
RealRead - Virtually "flip" through some of Scholastics publications
Try these samples:
  • The Wriggly, Wriggly Baby
  • Backyard Detective: Critters Up Close
  • Scholastic Student Thesaurus
    Redwall - Visit Redwall Abbey! River of Words - Students throughout the United States are invited to submit entries for the 2002 competition. Focus on environmental poetry and art.
    Rural Entrepreneurship Through Action Learning Enterprises
    Rural School and Community Trust
    Saddy & Gladdy - A book and a doll who encourages children to express their feelings.
    Sesame Street Educational site
    Smarterville
    Smithsonian Magazine's Kids' Castle
    Snickerdoodle for Kids
    Social Security-Hot Questions for Cool Teens
    Southwest Children's Literature
    Small Planet Communications
    Space Day 2004 Design Challenges (deadline March 5, 2004)
    Sports Illustrated for Kids
    Starlight Film Project
    Storydog.com - Fetch a new story every day.
    Story Place - A bi-lingual website of on-line stories
    Studentaid.ed.gov - Web tool to guide parents through the college application process.
    The Summer of Oz - Learn what America was like during the summer of 1939--the year the movie "The Wizzard of Oz" arrived in theaters.
    Superkids
    TAXi Interactive
    Teaching Tolerance
    Teen Read Week (Oct.14-20)
    Teenreads
    TumbleBooks - Tons of flash animated stories for listening to and watching.
    United Nations Cyberschoolbus
    US Mint - Includes facts, history, and games!
    USA Plays for Kids - Looking for a great play to read, share with a class, or perform for an audience? Check out this site. Vandergrift's Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages- Get info about the people behind the books.
    We the People Bookshelf - New program of the National Endowment for the Humanities
    We Write - Books by kids for kids!
    Web Monkey for Kids
    Web-Traveller's Toolkit: Essential Kid Lit Websites
    www.whitehousekids.gov
    Word Central
    World of Reading!
    World Kid Magazine
    Yahooligans - a section of Yahoo! just for kids
    http://www.yesicankids.gov/kidszone3.html - Meet Pablo the Eagle and check out artwork from kids across the country (in English & Spanish)
    You Can with Beakman & Jax


  • Updated 5/10/2004