Interactive Web Sites
Americas Story from Americas Library
The Library of Congress created this great interactive site for families to learn more about the history of America. Meet amazing Americans, jump back in time, explore the states, join America at play and more.
Get Wild About Reading With Between the Lions on PBS
This PBS half-hour program airs daily and features a family of lions -- who run a library like no other on earth. The doors "between the lions" swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own. The programs mission is to help young children learn to read. Visit the Web site for show times or to read the stories on line.
Useful Articles
Helping Your Child Use the Library
The U.S. Department of Education has put together this online brochure to offer suggestions for increasing your childs interest in the library.
Check out the Schools and Libraries Linked to Book Adventure!
Resources
Libweb - Library servers via the web
Libweb currently lists over 4000 pages from libraries in over 100 countries.
LibrarySpot
LibrarySpot.com, the library and reference information portal of the Web, brings valuable research information together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot. LibrarySpot simplifies the search for top-notch reference tools, periodicals and online texts, library information and much more.
The American Library Association Helps your Kids Connect@the Library
Articles and information including: How to raise a reader, Good Books for Kids, now what your children are reading and more!
Families Connect
Connecting Learners to Information. FamiliesConnect is a website created for parents and children to use
together. It offers families (parents, kids, grandfathers, aunts, cousins -
everyone) an opportunity to learn about the Internet and use it together.
George Bush Presidential Library
Learn more about the library and its collection, exhibit schedule, events
and more.
Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries
Learn how libraries are using the internet by visiting this list of
resources.
The Internet Public Library Youth Division
Maintained by librarians committed to providing valuable services to that world, to promote librarianship and the importance of libraries, and to share interesting ideas and techniques with other librarians.
Kids Click!
Web search for kids created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
Kids Connect
Does your Kindergarten to 12th grade child need to look for information on the Internet for a report or project to do for school? This online question, answering and referral service can help out!