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Great Websites for Kids

Compiled by the American Library Association

ARTS & HUMANITIES

ALA Recommended Literature Websites

Arthur!

"Maintained by PBS, this site geatures games and children's art about the character created by Marc Brown."

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids!

Learn about instruments, the orchestra, composers, and music.

Musica Antiqua

Read about ancient and medieval instruments. Includes pictures.

National Gallery of Art

New York Philharmonic Kids Studio

Learn about the orchestra, instruments, and more!

Rodney Raccoon

Learning through music!

BOOKS & READING

New York Public Library's Recommended Reading: 100 favorite children's books

NoveList K-8

HEALTH

Walla Walla County Health Department

Body and Mind

Provided by the CDC.

ToxMystery

National Library of Medicine’s Interactive Children’s Game. A learning site for kids age 7 to 10 with lively animations, sound effects. ToxMystery teaches important lessons about potential environmental health hazards.

RESEARCH

42explore

Thematic pathfinders for all ages

ALA great web sites for kids

"Amazing, spectacular, mysterious, wonderful web sites for kids. Includes selection criteria and librarian's guide to cyberspace. Site is sponsored by American Library Association."

Ask Kids

Library of Congress for Kids and Families

Little Explorers

"This site sponosred by Enchanted Learning Software, allows kids to click on a letter of the alphabet and connect to many pictures of words with that letter and then links to web sitees about that word."

KidINFO

Homework & reference resources for students, teachers and parents

KidsOLR (Kids Online Resources)

KidsClick!

Web search for kids by librarians

Sites in Spanish -- Reference Link Directory

Yahooligans

"Subject-oriented guide for kids ages 7 to 12 to search the World Wide Web."

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