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Teen Chapter A Day

Notable Young Adult Books: The year's most notable books for teens as selected by an American Library Association Committee.
Surf Lists of Youth Sites
w Mad Scientist
w Teen Hoopla: An Internet Guide for Teens: The Young Adult Services Assoc. of
   the American Library Assoc. provides this highly selective annotated guide to
   Internet sites aimed at 12-18 year old.
w TeenZone: All things teen and fun, coming out of the King County Library System
   in Washington state.
w Yahooligans!: From Yahoo. Searchable and browsable index of the Internet
   designed specifically for 8 to 14 year olds.

Fun Sites
w Cyberteens: This site gives teens a place to express their creativity and receive
   valuable feedback. Rich with music, art, computer animation, and innovative ideas
   made real.

Homework Help
w America's Story: Child-friendly site launched to mark the 200th anniversary of the
   Library of Congress.
w Big Chalk: The Education Network: Large study collection for homework help,
   divided into grades 1-6, middle & high school, and college & beyond.
w B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: Created by a 11-year-old and his dad,
   with links to more than hundreds of sites in numerous categories.
w New York Times Learning Network: Aimed at students in grades 6-12. Learning
   and teaching resources related to current events and journalism.
w PinkMonkey.com: Study site for middle school, high school, home school and    college students, featuring more than 300 literature summaries (by chapter), 1800    classics online, study guides, and SAT preparation. Requires free registration.
w Multnomah County Library Homework Center: From the Mutnomah County (Oregon)    Library Homework Center. Created for "middle and high school students researching    current social issues from multiple perspectives."
w Study Guides and Strategies: Straightforward study strategies for students. Select    specific hints and strategies from six categories.

Educational Resources
w California Department of Education's Recommended Literature List
Useful Sites for Parents and Teachers
w Adventures in Education: Information on careers, colleges, and financial aid to
   help you plan for your future.
w Ask Asia: Online resource for elementary and secondary Asian and Asian
   American studies. The site has cultural information, games and activities as
   well as relevant links. There is also an "Adult-Free Zone."
w Candlelight Stories: Kids can follow illustrated stories online. There's also a
   gallery of pictures and links to storytelling sites and educational pages.
w Children's Book Council: Resources for parents, publishers, authors, illustrators,
   and librarians.
w Children's Literature Web Guide: Aid to parents, educators and children's and
   young adult librarians. Review book awards and best sellers. Index to refers
   users to books and web sites containing useful teaching suggestions on
   virtually any author.
w Children's Software Review: Searchable databases of over 3600 educational
   software reviews and more than 600 children's software producers. Mission is to
   "provide parents, schools, libraries and software producers with objective,
   comprehensive, and timely software reviews."
w Children's Television Workshop: Parenting information and Sesame Street
   treats for kids.
w Cool Safe Links for Kids, Parents and Teachers: A Canadian hotlist.
w Cyber Patrol's Cyberguide: "Safe route" on the information superhighway for kids,
   teachers & parents.
w Enchanted Learning: Approximately 20 categories with a large amount of
   enjoyable content.
w Family.com: Sponsored by Disney Online. Claimed to be the greatest and most
   accessible body of information for parents on the WWW. Information of food,
   travel, education, activities, home computing and family ties.
w Gifted and Talented Children Resources: Intended to be a convenient starting
   point for gifted students, their parents and educators to access Gifted Resources,
   whether on the Internet or otherwise. Much of this page is devoted to links to other
   resources available on the Internet.
w Global Show-n-Tell Museum Wings: Links to children's artwork on the Internet.
w Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids
   and the Adults Who Care About Them: The American Library Assoc.'s
   "cybercollection" of links to more than 700 fun, exciting and useful Web sites for
   children and their grown-ups.
w High School Hub: Noncommercial gateway to free online academic resources for
   high school students.
w Homeschooling - Jon's Home-School Resource Page
w Internet Advocate: Very useful guide for librarians, teachers and others interested
   in providing Internet services for youth. Takes on the pornography issue, discusses
   acceptable use policies (with examples), discusses "filtering" software, links
   to other organizations.
w Kid Safety on the Internet: Questions and answers to help kids protect themselves
   and handle emergencies. Developed by Oklahoma University's Dept. of Public
   Safety.
w KIDiddles: Mojo's Musical Mouseaum: 2000 kids song lyrics, some with MIDI
   file clips.
w Kids Book Shelf: Encourages kids' creativity through reading, writing, and drawing,
   and encourages parents' involvement with book reviews.
w Kids-in-Mind: Movie Ratings That Actually Work: Provides "objective, non-critical
   assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies."
w KidSource OnLine: A hot list with education and health care information for kids
   and parents.
w KinderGARDEN: Texas A&M: Many rich resources to encourage kids to learn
   about plants, gardening and the natural world.
w Making Hearts Sing: A collection of fables for kids based on traditional values
   such as kindness, respect and friendship. The stories are inspired by tales from
   China, Japan, Korea and France.
w Mother Goose: Full text of nursery rhymes listed by first line, plus annotated links.
w Safe Kids Page: Includes Child Safety on the Information Highway. This excellent
   brochure was written by Lawrence J. Magid, and jointly produced by the National
   Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Interactive Services Association.
w Webtime Stories: Annotated collection concerning children's literature.