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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.
Arthur - Arthur's web site features interactive activities to encourage reading, writing, and creativity.
Berenstain Bears - Welcome to the Official Berenstain Bears Website! There's lots to do in Bear Country! Brother is on the soccer team and is teaching Cousin Fred some new moves. Sister is on her way over to Lizzy's house to play with her brand new Bearbie - CyberBearbie (she even comes with her own computer!). Papa is busy fishing for a great big salmon to bring home to Mama so she can make The Berenstain Bears' favorite dish - honey-cured salmon. There's lots for you to do in Bear Country too! Try the maze to Bigpaw's Lair - just make sure you don't wake him up! Sister's got a secret message for you - can you solve it? Take a tour of the Bears' Tree House from the cellar all the way up to Brother and Sister's room. Visit the library or take in a movie. Send an e-mail to Mama, Papa, Sister or Brother (or the whole family). And don't forget to check out our brand new Berenstain Bears First Time Books and super-hot Berenstain Bears Big Chapter Books!
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!
Magic Tree House - One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appears in the woods. Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, climb into the tree house and find it is filled with books! They soon discover that the tree house is magic and can take them to the places in the books. All they have to do is to point to the picture and wish to go there. Join Jack and Annie as the Magic Tree House whirls them through time!
Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes - Enchanted Learning Software - Beginning readers will love this charming site and its rebus retellings of classic nursery rhymes. Pictures replace many of the words so that even very young children can "read" along.
StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library - A special collection of online stories, games, and activities for preschoolers and early elementary kids, but only the former one was complete when I visited. It's a lot of fun! For example, click on "Monkeys" to hear an online story, try a banana-counting game, make a paper bag puppet, and print out a reading list. Other themes include crocodiles, colors, teddy bears, and more.
World of Peter Rabbit and His Friends - Beatrix Potter really did own a pet rabbit called Peter. After she published the book in 1902, she was surprised at its overnight success. Peter has appeared in several of her books besides the original. At this site you can meet all the characters, hear some stories, play some very nice games, send animated greeting cards, and enjoy the many colorful bees and butterflies that flutter throughout the pages. And do you think the "click" sound on this site is Peter crunching a carrot? We do!
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