Welcome to Christie's Home Page

From here you can launch the world. Good Luck and most of all... Have Fun!!!!

Reading & Writing

• Authors
• Avi's Home Page
  Avi answers questions and talks about his books.
  http://www.avi-writer.com/
• Jan Brett's Home Page
  You'll find everything from trolls to armadillos on this author/illustrator's page.
  http://www.janbrett.com/
• Official Eric Carle Web Site
  For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books.
  http://www.eric-carle.com/
  
• Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, Portland, OR
  There are sculptures of Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ribsy in a park only a few blocks from the real Klickitat Street!
  http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/cleary.html
• Karen Pederson's Beverly Cleary Home Page A fun page by a big fan of this famous author.
  http://www.teleport.com/~krp/cleary.html
• Official Brian Jacques Home Page
  If you're a fan of the Redwall books, here's the site for you!
  http://www.redwall.org
• Seussville
  Games, information, and fun from the publisher of the Dr. Seuss books!
  http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
  
• Susan Wojciechowksi Website
  For fans of the author of the ALA Notable Children's Book, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey.
  http://goose.ycp.edu/~swojciec/
  

• Reading
• Animorphs Page
  The home page for this popular paperback series.
  http://scholastic.com/animorphs
• The Arthur Page
  For Arthur fans everywhere!
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/
• Baby-Sitters' Club Page
  What's happening at the Baby-Sitters' Club?
  http://scholastic.com/babysittersclub
• The Goosebumps Page
  Enter if you dare!
  http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/indexa.html
• Magic School Bus Page
  What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now?
  http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus
• MidLink Magazine
  An electronic magazine for young people in the middle grades. http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/
• Reading Links
  If you like to read, this is the links page for you! Seuss! E.B. White! Roald Dahl! Reading Rainbow! Lots more!
  http://metronet.lib.mi.us/CANT/YOUTH/read.html
• Scoop
  Almost everything about books and authors for young people.
  http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/index.html
• Tales of Wonder
  Folk and fairy tales from around the world.
  http://itpubs.ucdavis.edu/richard/tales/
• Treasure Island
  The authors say that here is "absolutely everything you'd want to know" about this classic.
  http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/treasure/setframe.htm
• Thomas the Tank Engine Page
  Calling all Thomas the Tank Engine fans! Stories, games and fun.
  http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/

• Writing
• Kids on the Web
  Children write stories and post them for everyone to read.
  http://www.zen.org/%7Ebrendan/kids.html
• Inkspot Young Writer's Resource
  A Web magazine for young writers.
  http://www.inkspot.com/young/
• KidPub
  Another place for kids to publish stories and poems and read other writings by young people.
  http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/

Facts & Learning

• Homework Help Links
• Kid's web
  Math, science, whatever you need... It's probably here!
  http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
• School Age
  A large collection of links to pages on many subjects and on many levels.
  http://www.charleston.net/kids/
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  As the Pinchbecks say, "If you can't find it here, you can't find it." The world's most complete set of homework links.
  http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13

• Nature and the Environment
• National Park Service ParkNet
  About the National Parks and their history.
  http://www.nps.gov/npstest.html
  
• National Wildlife Federation
  Learn facts about the environment and play games and solve riddles! Options: graphic or text-only page.
  http://www.nwf.org/nwf/index.html
• EE-Link: Endangered Species
  Extensive collection of links of facts, laws, and ways to conserve endangered species.
  http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html
• Wendell's Yucky Bug World
  If you're a fan of cockroaches, this is the page for you!
  http://www.yucky.com
  

• People and Places (History and Geography)
• 1997 World Factbook
  Useful and concise information on every country in the world from the Central Intelligence Agency.
  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• Abraham Lincoln Online
  Lots of information on Abe and his times.
  http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html
  
• African American Cyber Gateway
  Links to information on all parts of African American culture.
  http://www.aawc.com/aawc.html
• Anne Frank On-Line
  The story of Anne Frank, with information about the Holocaust http://www.annefrank.com/
  
• Any Day in History
  What happened on any day in history (like your birthday). Courtesy of Scope Systems.
  http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
• Black History on the Web
  A site filled with African American history.
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
• Colonial Williamsburg
  Visit Colonial Williamsburg and see life in a Virginia colony of 250 years ago.
  http://www.history.org/
• Country Library
  Lots of information on countries of the world.
  http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/
• Flags of the World
  Color pictures of the flags of most of the world's nations.
  http://155.187.10.12/flags/nation-flags.html
• From Revolution to Reconstruction
  A hypertext history of the United States, produced in the Netherlands!
  http://www.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
• Egyptian Information
  University of Memphis Institute of Art and Archaeology leads you on a color tour of ancient Egyptian sites, Egyptian artifacts, and more! http://www.memst.edu/egypt/main.html
• HyperHistory Online
  A clickable chart of people and events throughout human history. Take a look!
  http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
• Learning About the Holocaust
  Produced for the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
  http://www.ushmm.org/holo.htm
• Lonely Planet: Destinations
  A travel guide publisher offers photos and information about most world nations.
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/dest.htm
• Martin Luther King Jr. Page
  About the man, his ideas, and the holiday in his honor.
  http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/
  
• Maya Adventure
  The history and culture of the Maya, from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
  http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/
• Native American Tribes: Index pages
  Information on almost all Native American cultures.
  http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/natribes.html
• Presidents of the United States
  From the Internet Public Library
  Presidents of the United States
  http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
• Those Were the Days
  Find out what happened today in history.
  http://www.440int.com/twtd/today.html
• The White House for Kids
  The official White House page for kids; the Clintons' cat Socks is your guide.
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
• World Surfari
  An 11-year-old's page that travels to a different country each month. http://www.supersurf.com/
  

• Planets and Space
• The Constellations and their Stars
  Need information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way? Check out this site!
  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
• Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth
  Up-to-date information on the spacecraft probe.
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov:80/galileo/

• Science and Technology
• Ask Dr. Math
  From the Math Forum at Swarthmore College. Find math information, or you can ask a question.
  http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html
• Desert Life
  Information about, and pictures of, the plants, animals, and people of America's deserts.
  http://www.desertusa.com/life.html
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
  The online lab for this popular TV show.
  http://nyelabs.kcts.org
• Cells Alive!
  All the facts on cells, including pictures! http://www.cellsalive.com
• Periodic Table of the Elements
  Atomic number, symbol weight and history.
  http://mwanal.lanl.gov/CST/imagemap/periodic/periodic.html
  
• Super Science Site
  Check out this site for ideas, experiments and advice on performing and presenting experiments.
  http://www.superscience.com/
• Whelmers
  Demonstrated experiments for all ages - designed to "whelm" students!
  http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/

• Reference Tools
• Merriam Webster: WWWebster Dictionary
  Need to look up a word? Do it here. With Thesaurus, too.
  http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

• Computers and the Internet
• The Internet Learning Center
  Learn Internet basics from Walt Howe of the Delphi on-line service
  http://world.std.com/

• Visit the Museums
• The Exploratorium
  A big hands-on museum in San Francisco... a fun site!
  http://www.exploratorium.edu
• The National Air and Space Museum Web Site
  Information about flight, airplanes, and space travel.
  http://www.nasm.si.edu/
• Volcano World Museum
  Great satellite and aerial images and interactive experiments that supplement other volcano information sources.
  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
• University of California Museum of Paleontology If you like paleontology, you'll enjoy the on-line exhibits here (recommended for third grade and up).
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
• National Museum of the American Indian
  This museum is devoted to the protection and study of the
  life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. http://www.si.edu/nmai/
• Smithsonian Institution
  The storehouse of American history has a wonderful set of online exhibits.
  http://nmnhwww.si.edu/nmnhweb.html

Just for Fun

• Sports
• American Basketball League
  Hooray for this women's professional basketball league!
  http://www.ableague.com/
• World Wide Web of Sports
  From Archery to Weightlifting, this site covers sports!
  http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/sports
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
  Click here to get the latest issue online.
  http://www.sikids.com/index.html

• Games
• Battleship
  Play this strategic game against the computer.
  Java/32-bits.
  http://info.gte.com/gtel/fun/battle/battle.html
• Checkers
  Will the black or the red pieces win this time?
  Java/32-bits.
  http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html
• Desdemona
  This is the on-line version of the Othello game. You don't have to flip the pieces manually any more!
  http://www.math.hmc.edu/~dmazzoni/cgi-bin/desmain.cgi
• Five Field Kono
  This Beautifully designed strategy game is played on a java board. It's worth the wait for the board to load up.
  http://www.darkfish.com/kono/FiveFieldKono.html
• Girl Tech
  A Web page just for girls, with games and fun!
  http://www.girltech.com/index.html <
• Maze
  Get Those Dots -- through a maze and against the clock. There are many puzzles to solve and you can change the time needed up to 3 minutes a game.
  Java/32-bits.
  http://www.hooked.net/users/rpaymer/index.html
• Pentalpha
  Solve this challenging puzzle on a Very Cool board. And then, let your friends try solving it.
  Java/32-bits.
  http://www.darkfish.com/pentalpha/Pentalpha.html
• Sol
  This challenging, and non-java based game can give you hours of fun.
  http://www.blueberry.co.uk/gid-bin/sol
• Virtual Mr. Spud Head
  The Mr. Potato Head of the 90s!
  http://apple-corps.westnet.com/apple_corps.html
• Virtual Tickle Me Elmo
  http://www.clark.net/elmo/elmo.html
• ZIA String Figures
  Great place to learn string games.
  http://204.30.30.10/hac/String

• Fun Sites
• Disney Book Factory
  Interactive books with your favorite Disney characters.A heavy-graphics site.
  http://www.disney.com/DisneyBooks/
• The Animal Page
  Here are lists of common animals, with pictures and sounds, of how people describe the sounds animals make in 13 languages. How do Ukranians make the sound of a bee, or the Thais the sound of an elephant? Here you'll find out.
  http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html
• Castles of the World
  A great castle page by Jaime J. Fernandez
  http://www.castles.org/
• Castles on the Web
  A beautifully designed and carefully researched site by Ted Monk.
  http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
• The Crayola Home Page
  Like crayons? Try this page on for size.
  http://www.crayola.com/
• Joseph Wu's Origami Page
  Origami, all the way from Japan!
  http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami/

Note: The sites in this section were selected based on the
connection to children and libraries and their appropriateness
at the time of selection. Exploration of the web for children
always works best when guided by caring adults.
we are not responsible for the content of these sites.

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Last Modified: Thursday, 17-Feb-2000