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American Girl.com - The official website of the American Girls. The American Girls Collection features six American girls of yesterday. Learn how they dressed, played and lived. You can also explore the American Girl Today collection and the Bitty Baby collection. There are also activities and games to enjoy on this site.
Baby-Sitters Club - The Baby-Sitters Club books are very popular. Who is your favorite character? Read profiles of all of them at this site. You can also enjoy learning some information about the author, Ann M. Martin, as well as find a complete checklist of all the books, their characters, and their plots. Did you miss any?
Big Busy House at HarperCollins - This Web site gives you the latest news from this publisher of children's books. Read how classics such as 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' were developed. There's a lot at this site, including games, activities, and news on upcoming titles. Don't miss the links to the home pages of beloved authors, such as Jean Craighead George ( 'My Side of the Mountain' and many more) and Eric Carle ('The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and many more).
Book Adventure - Lots of kids like to read books because it's fun. Other kids need a little incentive to read. A free reading club-with prizes!-might be a good summer activity for families. Here's the deal. Your child registers a user name and picks a password. Giving a parent's e-mail address at the time of registration is an option, but you can always go back and add it in later. Your child then goes into the Facemaker section to create a silly face to adorn her new reading "account." After that, use the Book Finder section to select some books to read. Choose grade, reading level, and preferred types of books to generate a reading list. There are over 3,000 books in the database; many have one-sentence annotations, too. Print it out, take the resulting list to the library, and grab some books! After your child has read them, she can log on to her account at Book Adventure and try a short multiple-choice quiz on each book. If she doesn't do well at first, she can go back to the book to check out the answers, then take the quiz again. But beware, she can take each quiz only twice. She will rack up points for each correct answer. Points may be traded for prizes, which range from "instant win" printable things (like bookmarks), to gift certificates at Barnes & Noble bookstores. Other prizes include movie passes, a free game of miniature golf, and even shoe discounts at Kmart, among other things. Parental permission is required before these gift certificates are sent to kids, that's why the parent's e-mail address is needed. I signed up, took a quick quiz on a familiar book, and won a quick 100 points. That was good enough to allow me to print out a very cool paper airplane. But if I want the $5 Barnes & Noble certificate, I'll need a total of 1,500 points. Oh, and I have to be in kindergarten through eighth grade!
BookHive: Your Guide to Children's Literature & Books - BookHive was created by librarians at the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. You'll discover age-level-recommended books for ages birth through age 12. Or, choose a category like Mystery, Folklore, or Biography and you'll get brief reviews and pictures of the book covers.
Kids Books - Do you need help selecting a children's book? Looking for a specific age, type of reader, type of book or a gift? How about a book with a particular child's name in it? Or by a certain author or illustrator. Chances are, you can find it here. This is a great site for finding good books for kids!
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