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THE SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM

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WEBSITES

Search the Web for Sites Just for Kids!

ALA's great websites for kids

Ask for Kids -current events, homework reference sources and free games

CyberSleuth for Kids – an internet search guide for the K-12 student.  Free clip art, math worksheets, games, coloring pages, crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles

Enchanted Learning

Kid's AOL - Elementary school students can find homework help, online learning games, tutorials, reference materials and interactives for all school subjects.

Kid'sClick - sites chosen by librarians

KidGrid - a search engine for elementary school children

Get Information about Books and Authors

The Association for Library Services to Children page on the ALA web site is a great resource for almost anything related to children’s books.  On the left is a list of links within their page.  Follow the link called “Great Web Sites for Kids,” which contains links to author web sites, homework sites, and sites of general interest to kids.

Author Corner Mid-Atlantic authors

Big Universe 660 + picture books (fiction and nonfiction) or elementary and middle school students

Book Adventure get ideas for new books to read, create book lists - have fun!

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site  Book reviews, links to author pages, curriculum related lists of titles Theme related lists, graded reading lists.

Children's Books Online a large collection of illustrated antique children's books

Children's Literature  Book reviews with author and illustrator interviews

The Children’s Literature Web Guide information about children’s literature with a page of links to author & illustrator web sites.

Guys Read  Author Jon Scieszka has created this site to help boys find books they like to read.

Harper Collins  Publisher provided author bios, book lists and links to author web sites

Kaye E. Vandergrift’s Special Interest Page a wealth of information about children’s literature.  The “Author Site” section of this page does not contain links to author’s sites, but offers information about children’s authors and their work.

Kids Reads Newsletter   with author talks, book reviews, games, puzzles and more.

Literary Criticism from the Internet Public Library contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period

Reading Is Fundamental   Meet authors and illustrators; games; downloadable clipart, book plates and coloring pages

The Scoop authors, illustrators, biographies

The Spaghetti Book Club read reviews written by kids!

Great Websites from Individual Authors!

David A. Adler     Cam Jansen series
Stan & Jan Berenstain      Berenstain Bears
Jan Brett      picture books
Norman Bridwell     Clifford!
Betsy Byars      The Blossom Family books      McMummy     The Summer of the Swans
Eric Carle      Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See    The Very Busy Spider     The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Beverly Cleary     Ramona series
Eoin Coifer      Artemis Fowl series
Roald Dahl      The BFG     James and the Giant Peach     Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Michael Dooling      The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin     Young Thomas Edison
Mem Fox     picture books
Kevin Henkes      Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum
Eric Hill
      Spot Goes to the Circus     Spot Sleeps Over
Katherine Holabird      Angelina Ballerina
Brian Jacques     Martin the Warrior     Redwall
Ezra Jack Keats      Peter’s Chair     The Snowy Day
Steven Kellogg      Can I Keep Him     Jack and the Beanstalk     Pinkerton
Suzy Kline     Herbie Jones, Horrible Harry
Madeleine L'Engle     A Wrinkle In Time
Jonathan London
      Froggy Bake a Cake     Froggy Goes to School
Lois Lowry     Gooney the fabulous     Anatasia Krupnik     Number the Stars
Mercer Mayer      Just Me and My Mom     There’s An Alligator Under My Bed
Bruce McMillan      Apples, How They Grow     Eating Fractions
Ralph Masiello      The Frog Alphabet Book     The Icky Bug Alphabet
Robert Munsch
      Love You Forever     Munschworks     The Paper Bag Princess
Jenny Nimmo     Charlie Bone (series)     Jerry Spinelli
Bill Peet
      How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head     The Wump World
Dav Pilkey     The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel     A Friend for Dragon     The Dumb Bunnies
     Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
Patricia Pollacco     Babushka's Doll     Ginger and Petunia     The Keeping Quilt     Thunder Cake
Beatrix Potter     
The Tale of Peter Rabbit      The Tale of Benjamin Bunny     The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck
Jack Prelutsky     Me I Am     The New Kid of the Block     A Pizza the Size of the Sun
J. K. Rowling     Harry Potter
Robert SanSouci      Short & Shivery: 30 chilling tales      Sootface: an Ojibwa Cinderella story
Jerry Spinelli      Newbery author     Maniac Magee
Chris Van Allsburg
      Jumanji     The Polar Express     Two Bad Ants
Rosemary Wells      Max and Ruby
Audrey Wood
     A Dog Needs a Bone     The Napping House     Piggies

Great Crafts and Hobbies

Baseball card collecting

Coin Collecting for Kids

Crayola : crafts, games

Jigsaw Puzzles

Kendra's Coloring Box

PBS Kids

How to make paper pop ups
     Robert Sabuda Simple Pop-Ups
     Joan Irvine - How to make a Pop-Up

Stamp Collecting
     Just for Kids
     Stamp Collecting for Kids

String Figures

Tammy Yee’s Origami Page - Paper Folding for Kids

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