For_Fun

LIBRARIAN PICKS

Birthdays of famous people http://www.famousbirthdays.com/bday_cal.html

Today in history http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

Movies based on books http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/

On Lion for Kids http://kids.nypl.org/arts/activities.cfm

Activities for kids from the New York Public Library

PUZZLES

Create crossword puzzles and more http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html

Kid's Crosswords and puzzles to play http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html

Wordsearch and Cryptogram makers (doesn't work well with AOL) http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html

CLIP ART

Alta Vista Images http://www.altavista.com - Good image search engine. You can select photo or graphic.

Animal images http://www.iconbazaar.com/animals/ Mostly photos

Animal Clip Art http://lii.org/

Arrows - http://www.iconbazaar.com/arrows/ All types of arrows pointing in all directions

Awesome ClipArt for Kids - http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/

Barry's Clipart Server - http://www.barrysclipart.com/ Cute illustrations and photos on many topics. Find clipart from the the left column only.

Classroom Clipart - http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi Thousands of free clip art images. Great animal images too.

Discovery School - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html Very nice collection of illustrations on most topics LIBRARIAN PICK

Flags - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html Flags of the United States, Canada and the World

Google images - http://www.google/images

Halloween Clipart - http://www.halloween-clipart.com/

Kidsclick Image Search Tool - http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html

Kidsdomain - http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/ Clipart of Sports, Holidays, Animals, Seasons, space and more.

Maps - http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm Pages of maps, globes and map-related icons and images

Pics4Learning - http://pics4learning.com/ Illustrations and photographs on all topics

Old Fashioned Images - collection of classic Victorian and vintage black and white images

United States Government Website has some interesting graphics, mostlly photographs of historical and scientific items.

GAMES

A Game A Day http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html

Checkers http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html

Chess Is Fun http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html

Chess Kids http://darkfish.com/checkers/Checkers.html

Comic Zone - http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/ Includes Dilbert, For Better or Worse, Peanuts, Rose is Rose, and a lot more.

Crazy Bone http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/ Dozens of games, jokes, magic tricks, recipes, tongue twisters and coloring sheets.

Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/ From the great math show on PBS.

Kids Domain Games http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/

Fact Monster Games http://www.factmonster.com/games.html?link=fmhpn Math and word games

Funbrain games

http://www.factmonster.com/games.html?link=fmhpn

Games and Puzzles and brain teasers from Education.com http://www.education.com/kids/

Miniclip.com - http://www.miniclip.com/Homepage.htm free games

National Geographic Games - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.htm

Number Time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime.index.shtml From the BBC. Uses cartoons.

Puzzle Choice - http://www.puzzlechoice.com Choose from crosswords, word searches, word play games, logic and number puzzles and more.

Scholastic Games - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm LIBRARIAN PICK

Uptoten - http://www.uptoten.com/load3_3.phtml? Over 600 games for kids ages 5-10. Includes puzzles, coloring, races and more.

World’s Largest Roadside Attractions - http://www.uptoten.com/load3_3.phtml? See these “largest” attractions, including the largest cow, catsup bottle, and cuckoo clock.

Author and Favorite Character Sites

If your favorite author is not listed here, try these links.

The Children's Book Council - http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/links.html

Children's Literature Web Guide - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

PICTURE BOOKS

Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com

Marc Brown (Arthur and D.W.) - http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/

Eric Carle - http://www.eric-carle.com/

Curious George - http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/

Tomie De Paola - http://www.tomie.com/main.html

Dinosaurs - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html

Mem Fox - http://www.memfox.net/intro.html

Harold and the Purple Crayon - http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/purple/index.html

Kevin Henkes - http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

William Joyce (George Shrinks) - http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/joyce/

Madeline - http://www.madeline.com/

Robert Munsch - http://www.robertmunsch.com/

Laura Numeroff - If you give a moose a muffin, etc. - http://www.lauranumeroff.com/

Patricia Polacco - http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

Dr. Seuss - http://www.seussville.com/

William Steig - http://www.williamsteig.com/

Robert San Souci - http://www.rsansouci.com/

Rosemary Wells - http://www.rosemarywells.com/ (Max & Ruby)

CHAPTER BOOKS

Animorphs Official Site - http://scholastic.com/animorphs/index.htm

Avi - http://www.avi-writer.com/

Judy Blume - http://www.judyblume.com/

Beverly Cleary (Ramona, etc.) - http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html

Roald Dahl - http://www.roalddahl.com/

Jean Craighead George - http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/

Dan Gutman - http://www.dangutman.com/

Jules Feiffer - http://www.julesfeiffer.com/jf06.html

Brian Jacques - Redwall - http://www.redwall.org/

Ann Martin - The Babysitters Club - http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/index.htm

Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House - http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/

Gary Paulsen - http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

Dav Pilkey and Captain Underpants - http://www.pilkey.com/index.php

J.K. Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more - http://www.jkrowling.com/en/

Pam Munoz Ryan - http://www.pammunozryan.com/

Lemony Snicket - http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

JOKES and RIDDLES

Joke Zone - http://www.owlkids.com/owl/joke.html

Scatty.com Kids' Jokes - http://www.scatty.com

Yahooligans! Jokes - http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/club/jokes/q/

Bird Jokes http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/Birdjokes.html

Dinosaur Jokes - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/Dinojokes.html