| Title: | 700+ Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Websites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites |
| Description: | Links to more than 700 sites for fun and learning, reviewed and recommended by children's librarians and organized by category. |
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| Title: | AOL NetFind Kids Only |
| URL: | http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/home.html |
| Description: | A search engine that links only to sites that are safe for kids. |
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| Title: | Ask Jeeves for Kids™ |
| URL: | http://www.ajkids.com |
| Description: | Easier and faster than traditional search engines, this engine allows kids to ask a question in plain English, presents a list of matching questions for selection, and takes them to one (and only one) Web site for the answer. |
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| Title: | Berit’s Best Sites for Children |
| URL: | http://db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db |
| Description: | Kids sites rated on a scale of 15. Good place to start researching quality sites for kids. |
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| Title: | Booklists from the Young Adult Library Service Association |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/index.html |
| Description: | A great list of the top rated books for young adults. |
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| Title: | Caldecott Medal Books |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html |
| Description: | The Randolph Caldecott Medal is given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. |
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| Title: | The Cartoon Network |
| URL: | http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/ |
| Description: | Home to favorites like Fred Flintstone, Sccoby-Doo and Space Ghost. |
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| Title: | Cool Sites for Kids |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/children.links.html |
| Description: | Lot's of great sites to help kids with Reading, Writing, Learning, and Fun! |
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| Title: | Coretta Scott King Award |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking |
| Description: | The Coretta Scott Kind Award honors African American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to children's and young adult literature that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream. |
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| Title: | Curiocity's FreeZone |
| URL: | http://www.freezone.com |
| Description: | A unique online community where kids come to interact with other kids. Coming November 19, an online tutorial program where kids teach adults how to use computer and Internet technology http://flipzone.com |
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| Title: | Disney Blast Online |
| URL: | http://www.disneyblast.com |
| Description: | All kinds of fun and educational things to do with your favorite Disney characters. |
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| Title: | Disney's Internet Guide |
| URL: | http://www.dig.com |
| Description: | A search engine with thousands of kid-safe sites that is continuously updated by Disney. |
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| Title: | Encarta Online |
| URL: | http://encarta.msn.com/EncartaHome.asp |
| Description: | Encarta Online is the home for the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia, the Encarta Schoolhouse educational site and Encarta Explore, an ever-changing resource for exploration and discovery. |
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| Title: | Internet Gaming Zone |
| URL: | http://www.zone.com/asp/default.asp |
| Description: | Lots of your favorite games, old and new. |
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| Title: | Internet Sites for Young Adults |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/yalsa/yasites/index.html |
| Description: | An index to some great sites for Young Adults. |
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| Title: | Jean Armour Polly's Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages |
| URL: | http://www.well.com/user/polly/ikyp/index.htm |
| Description: | Seeking family friendly Web sites? This site is a companion to The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages, 2nd Ed. by Jean Armour Polly, published by Osbourne McGraw-Hill. |
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| Title: | Job Smart: Career Guides |
| URL: | http://www.jobsmart.org/tools/career |
| Description: | JobSmart is a public library sponsored guide to information for the job search. Sections useful for California are: job hotlines, calendar of job and career events, career centers, libraries. Sections useful to anyone in the US are: guide to job ads, electronic resume banks, career section, resume guide, links to 150 salary surveys and guides to salary negotiation. Help feature: Ask Electra, the Electronic Librarian. |
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| Title: | KidsBank.Com |
| URL: | http://www.kidsbank.com |
| Description: | KidsBank.Com is a tutorial website from Soverign Bank that explains the fundamentals of money and banking to children. Good savings habits begin at an early age. By explaining the importance and procedures of savings and banking, KidsBank.Com will de-mystify the process of banking for children and give them the confidence they need to spend and save their money wisely. |
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| Title: | KidsCom |
| URL: | http://www.kidscom.com |
| Description: | An educational and entertaining playground for kids 4 to 12. Chat, play games and find a Key Pal. Share your opinions, stories, and video game tips and tricks. Remember: Play Smart, Stay Safe and Have Fun! |
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| Title: | KidsConnect |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html |
| Description: | A question and answer service and referral for students K-12 from the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association. |
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| Title: | Kids Connect Favorite Web Sites |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html |
| Description: | Sites that school librarians agree are most helpful to K-12 students. |
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| Title: | Kids Korner |
| URL: | http://www.kids-korner.com |
| Description: | A great index of sites that are suitable for children of all ages to view. |
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| Title: | KIDSNET |
| URL: | http://www.KIDSNET.org |
| Description: | A review of children’s media designed for preschoolers through high school students. The site includes a monthly Media Guide to children’s programs, Media News and study guides designed for various curriculum areas. |
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| Title: | Library of Congress |
| URL: | http://www.loc.gov |
| Description: | The Library of Congress Home Page on the World Wide Web (LC Web) Information and tools presented include the library of Congress Catalogs, American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library, THOMAS: U.S. Legislative Information, Exhibitions, Library Services (Acquisitions, Cataloging, Preservation, Research, Standards), Research Tools (Country Studies: Area Handbook Program, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Viet Nam War Era POW?MIA Database, Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), U.S. Copyright Office Records, Gopher Resources (LC MARVEL), FTP, Explore the Internet Resources Beyond the Library), Civilization Magazine, Special Programs (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Center for the Book, Information for Publishers), Research adn Developmetn, State Libraries, Catalogs at Other Libraries, What's New, General Information (Greetings, About, News and Events, Library Publications). |
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| Title: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| URL: | http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/education/kid.html |
| Description: | A special section of the MOMA's web site where they can learn about Modern Art and the Museum itself. |
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| Title: | Museum of Tolerance |
| URL: | http://motlc.wiesenthal.com |
| Description: | A comprehensive resource on the Holocaust and World War II. Featuring glossary, timeline, bibilographies, questions and answers about the Holocaust, virtual exhibits, curricular resources for teachers, 3000 text files, tens of thousands of photos. |
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| Title: | NASA |
| URL: | http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov |
| Description: | An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Educators. NASA Spacelink is a service of the Education Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). |
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| Title: | Newbery Medal Award books |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html |
| Description: | The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children. |
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| Title: | Nickelodeon Online |
| URL: | http://www.nick.com |
| Description: | The official Nickelodeon Web site. Click Nick and get Nickelodeon TV stuff, hot games, cool jokes and Nickelodeon celebrity gossip! Check out your favorite Nickelodeon shows, including Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Kablam! Rocko, Kenan, and Kel, All That! & Nicktoons. Click Nick! |
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| Title: | Notable Books for Children |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/notable97.html |
| Description: | A collection of books for younger readers. |
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| Title: | Notable Children’s Websites |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/ncwc.html |
| Description: | Websites chosen by professional librarians as the best in concept and conception for ages birth-14. |
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| Title: | Notable Children’s Videos |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/nvid98.html |
| Description: | A collection of videos for children. |
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| Title: | Notable Children’s Computer Software |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/nsoft98.html |
| Description: | A collection of software titles for learning fun! |
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| Title: | Notable Children’s Recordings |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/nrecord98.html |
| Description: | Books, Songs and Sound on tape, record and CD. |
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| Title: | PBS Kids: techknow |
| URL: | http://www.pbs.org/kids/techknow |
| Description: | This cyberliteracy site for kids from the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) teaches basic lessons about the Internet and the information on it. |
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| Title: | Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three Little Cyberpigs |
| URL: | http://www.screen.com/mnet/eng/cpigs/cpigs.htm |
| Description: | Developed by Canada’s Media Awareness Network, this animated game teaches kids ages 7 to 10 how to play safely online. |
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| Title: | Pura Belpre Award Books |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/alsc/belpre.html |
| Description: | The Pura Belpre award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best potrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. |
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| Title: | Route 6-16 |
| URL: | http://www.cyberpatrol.com/616 |
| Description: | From The Learning Company, a guide to the world wide web for kids, parents and teachers. An easy-to-use search engine makes it simple to find fun, safe and educational places on the web that families and students will want to visit. |
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| Title: | SafeKids.Com |
| URL: | http://www.safekids.com |
| Description: | Tips, advice, links, and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive. |
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| Title: | SafeTeens.Com |
| URL: | http://www.safeteens.com |
| Description: | Tips, advice, links, and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive. |
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| Title: | KidsBank.com |
| URL: | http://www.kidsbank.com |
| Description: | A fun place for children to learn about banking. |
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| Title: | Sports Illustrated for Kids |
| URL: | http://www.sikids.com/ |
| Description: | Sports news, games, trivia, and activities. |
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| Title: | Stay Alert ... Stay Safe |
| URL: | http://www.sass.ca/ |
| Description: | Stay Alert...Stay Safe is a national streetproofing and "netproofing" program for Canadian kids sponsored by the Canadian Tire Child Protection Foundation. |
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| Title: | Steve Savitzhky’s Interesting Places for Kids |
| URL: | http://www.starport.com/places/forKids |
| Description: | A compendium of sites and pages that are likely to interest kids. |
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| Title: | Supersite for Kids |
| URL: | http://www.bonus.com |
| Description: | Bonus.com the Supersite for Kids features over 900 fun, free, online activities for Kids. Games, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Bild Things, Explore and More! |
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| Title: | Teen Hoopla |
| URL: | http://www.ala.org/teenhoopla/main.html |
| Description: | An Internet guide for teens, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. |
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| Title: | The White House for Kids |
| URL: | http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/kidshome.html |
| Description: | A section of the White House web site that features information for both little kids and young adults. |
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| Title: | Warner Bros. Kids |
| URL: | http://www.kids.warnerbros.com/ |
| Description: | The location for activities, contests and information on popular Warner Bros. and Looney Toons characters and shows for kids. |
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| Title: | World Kids Network, Inc. |
| URL: | http://www.worldkids.net/school/safety/internet/ |
| Description: | This not-for-profit, volunteer, charitable organization is dedicated to providing educational activities for children through their Web site. |
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| Title: | Yahooligans! |
| URL: | http://www.yahooligans.com |
| Description: | Yahoo!’s search engine just for kids includes sites that are kid-friendly and safe. Includes links to all sorts of educational and fun subjects. |