Recommended Reads

• Joa's "Blook" - blog about recommended books, book news, and more!
• Planet Esme – great reading site featuring many reading ideas and booklists
• Guys Read - great books for boys and more; site by author Jon Scieska
• Children's Choice Awards - current and previous lists
• Iowa Teen and High School Book Award Lists
• Annual Award Winners - listing of many kids' book award-winners (Newbery, etc.)
• Novelist - K-8: call the library 754-5738 to get your remote user name/password
• What's Next in the Series? - tells you the order of books in series fiction
• Book Hive - read and make book recommendations
• Booktalks- Nancy Keane's searchable website for all kinds of booktalks/podcasts!

Homework Help & Fun Stuff

• SearchASaurus – A search engine specifically for area kids. Call the library for information about how you can access this from your home computer.
• Build vocabulary and help fight world hunger
• Lenihan Intermediate School Media Center
• BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Help
• Ask for Kids or Yahooligans - Search engines specifically for kids
• Program your own video games and animations
• Favorite PBS Shows and related activities
• Kids Click - sites for kids chosen by librarians
• Professor Garfield homework help and games
• How to cite your sources for reports
• Fun Brain
• Fact Monster
• Coloring pages (printable) on all kinds of themes
  
  

For Parents and Educators - literacy info, awards, activity ideas and more

• Parents' Choice Awards (books, media, toys, & games)
• ASPCA Humane Education Resources (and award-winning books)
• Questions about myspace and other blog safety?
• Booklists for youth on all kinds of popular topics (University of Iowa)
• Censorship information and discussion
• Recommended literacy sites
  Reading with Babies - how to read with babies, book recommendations
  readingrockets.org - resources & tips for encouraging reading with kids of all ages
  Jim Trelease's site (the "read aloud" guru)
• Good planning resources for youth programming/activities
  Preschool Rainbow - early childhood planning resource
  dltk-kids.com - lots of printables, patterns, favorite characters, etc.
  Kididdles - A kids' songs website
  Free school-related clip art
• Educator Status and Class Visit Resources
  Letter to parents & library card application for CLASS VISITS ONLY
                      letter in Spanish for CLASS VISITS ONLY
  Download AN APPLICATION for educator status cards.
  Download GUIDELINES for the educator status cards.
  Lists of thematic Story Kits available to check out with educator card
  Print a "Getting Your First Library Card" bookmark ( for young children)

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