Education
Children's Literature and Good Sites for Kids

Book Stuff

• 19th Century Schoolbooks -- Searchable full texts of 142 American textbooks of the 19th century offer insights into what 19th century American students were taught about history, arithmetic, art, geography, and other topics. University of Pittsburgh Nietz Collection.
• BookHive -- a guide to Children's and Adolescent Literature.
• Books Too Good To Put Down-- annotated lists of books even reluctant readers will love
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site-- includes a list of highly recommended children's books, reviews, curriculum ideas for integrating children's literature into other subject areas
• Children's Book Council--a collection of reading lists (including children's books adults will love), reading activities, meet the author/illustrator, resources for authors and illustrators, including a guide on writing children's books.
• Children's Web Fiction
• Cooperative Children's Book Center -- Homepage for UW-Madison's CCBC, a research collection of children's and young adult books.  Lots of great links and resources on children's lit, awards, recommended books, publishing trends, and intellectual freedom
• deGrummond Children's Literature Collection
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature--this database includes complete winner lists of all kinds of awards, with a keyword search for subject matter, and a forms search to generate reading lists for specific grade levels, ethnic or gender of protagonists, genre, historical period, or other parameters
• Guide to Children's Literature and Disability--a guide to elementary reading level books about children with disabilities.
• Index to Children's Literature Web Sites -- widely considered the most authoritative source for children's literature as well as one of the overall best sites on the web.
• Indie Bound--an independent bookstore site that has reviews and recommendations and allows you to shop the independent bookstore nearest to you online. An antidote to the massive book merchandisers.
• National Council for Children's Illustrated Literature--a site that celebrates and exhibits beautiful children's book illustration art.
• Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People: A Bibliography of recommended titles.
• Read Across America--NEA's campaign to motivate children to read. On Dr. Seuss' birthday, they want every child in America to be in the company of a book. Take part and spread the word.
• Story Arts On-Line
• Young Adult Literature -- resources and reading lists.
  

Fun Stuff For Kids

• Art Safari---from the Museum of Modern Art, really fun interactive adventures. Look for link on left menu bar once on the MOMA site.
• CBC4KIDS ---lots of nice games from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 
• Dav Pilkey's Web Site o' Fun--Pilkey is the author/illustrator of children's books like The Paperboy (a Caldecott winner), Captain Underpants, and When Cats Dream. Here he shares jokes, riddles, stories from his books, and the story of how he went from attention deficit disorder to class clown to "kid in the hallway" to artist and author.
• Internet Public Library -- Lots of fun stuff from games to homework help and sports to music.
• Kids Click--another searchable subject index from the UC Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, with 1800 choice sites whose annotations include reading level as well as content.
• Kids Corner--a nice selection of games, music, homework helpers and news for kids.
• Kids Games -- the outdoor, run around, neighborhood kind, like 'Capture the Flag' and 'Red Light Green Light'
• Kid's Page -- homework help, and lots more!
• OWL Kids Online-- for kids who like jokes and games and answers to questions like why is soap slippery?
• Scholastic Games for Kids

For Parents and Teachers

• Disabled Teen Resources-- University of Washington's "Do-It" program to help disabled teens develop their math and science talents; links for adaptive technology and other aids for the disabled.
• For and About Kids and Teens-- From the National Children's Coalition. Includes homework resources, cool links, forum for kids to speak out on issues that matter to them. Look at the menu on the left.
• Helping your Child to Become a Reader
• Internet Use Agreements with your Child -- prepare, pre-warn and talk!
• Kid Info--something for everyone here--advice for parents, games and stories for pre-schoolers, topical materials for school, and lots more.
• Kids Games -- the outdoor, run around, neighborhood kind, like 'Capture the Flag' and 'Red Light Green Light'. When they need that physical activity break!
• Ology -- The American Museum of Natural History's site for kids. Each of the "ologies" - marine biology, archaeology, astronomy, etc. - includes
  polls, Stuff To Do, "Meet the Ologists," "What Do You Know?" and a
  section on "What's the Big Idea?"
• Parents and Children Together Online-- the Family Literacy Center's site to encourage parents and children to read together.
• Parent's Page -- from the Winnipeg Public Library, a nice site with Internet safety tips, literature sites and lots more.
• Reading Aloud: Tips for Parents and Teachers