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Summer Reading Program 2004 - Recommended Websites
Recreational
and educational sites for children, teens, parents,
and librarians
Books
and Stories
Barahona
Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children
and Adolescents
California State University San Marcos
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/english/
Booklists
— do we have booklists! (you will have to scroll
down the page to find this listing)
National
Education Association
http://www.nea.org/readacross/
Carol
Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Cinderella
Books from Around the World
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
http://www.fairrosa.info/lists/cinderella.html
Database
of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/
Fifty
Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
Cooperative Children’s Book Center—University
of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/50mult.htm
Forty
Spanish/English Bilingual Books
Cooperative Children’s Book Center—University
of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/bibs/40books/bilingual.htm
Gender
and Culture in Picture Books
Kay E. Vandergrift—Rutgers, the State University
of New Jersey
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Culture/index.html
International
String Figure Association
http://www.isfa.org/isfa.htm
Jane
Addams Children’s Book Award
Cooperative Children’s Book Center—University
of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/addams/list.htm
Mildred
L. Batchelder Award
Association for Library Service to Children of the American
Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm
Multicultural
Books for Teens
San
Francisco (CA) Public Library
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/sfplonline/teen/booklists/teenmulticultural.htm
Public
Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (NC)
http://www.readersclub.org/subcategory.asp?cat=4&id=35
Madison
(WI) Public Library
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/multicultural_teens.html
Sacramento
(CA) Public Library
http://www.saclibrary.org/teens_new/yamulticultlist.html
Notable
Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/
Passport:
International Children’s Literature
Denise I. Matulka
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/
Pura
Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
Stories,
Scripts, and More
Aaron Shepard’s Home Page
http://www.aaronshep.com/
Tales
of Wonder—Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the
World
Richard Darsie
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/index.html
Facts
and Maps
Cyberschoolbus
United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project
http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/
Greatest
Places
Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.greatestplaces.org/
Maps
and Facts on Countries of the World
Atlapedia
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Online
Newspapers from Around the World
Internet Public Library—University of Michigan
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
World
Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
World
Fact Book
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
World
Flag Database
http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk
Culture
Ancient
Olympics
Tufts University
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Culture
Quest World Tour
Internet Public Library—University of Michigan
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/cquest/
Earth
Calendar
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
Multicultural
Calendar
Kidlink
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Latin
America
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Museum of
Art, and Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/latin/gateway2.html
Valuing
Our Differences: Celebrating Diversity
University of Kansas
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/
Virtual
Museum of World Traditional Dress
International Folk Culture Center, Inc.
http://www.ifccsa.org/virtdres.html
Travel
Destinations
Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Geographia
http://www.geographia.com/index.html
World
Travel Discovery
Grandprixcities Children’s Foundation
http://www24.brinkster.com/gpc4kids/
Languages
“@
your library” logos now available in multiple
languages
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/downloadlogos/downloadlogos.htm
Children’s
Songs and Rhymes of All Nations
Mama Lisa’s World
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/
First
International Collection of Tongue Twisters
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/index.htm
Interesting
Things for ESL Students
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
http://www.manythings.org/
Internet
Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/
Languages
Around the World
Internet Public Library—University of Michigan
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/owd3000/
Living
Language
Fodor’s
http://www.fodors.com/language/
Lugares
en espanol para ninos
Association for Library Service to Children of the American
Library Association
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=20
Sounds of the World’s Animals
Georgetown University
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/animals.html
Spanish
Word of the Day—Sesame Street
Public Broadcasting Service
http://pbskids.org/sesame/word/word03.html
Traditional
Songs, Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Games in Spanish and
English
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/songsrhymes.html
Activities
Art
Safari
Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/index.html
Crafts
for Kids
Hands On Crafts for Kids
http://www.crafts4kids.com/
Future
State
US Department of State
http://www.future.state.gov/
GeoBee
Challenge
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/
International
Kids Space—of kids, by kids, for kids
Kids Space Foundation
http://www.kids-space.org/
Kid
Zone
Afro-Americ@
http://www.afro.com/children/children.html
Kids’
Castle Worldwide
Smithsonian Magazine
http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/
Kids
Pages
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Kids’
Space Connection
http://www.ks-connection.org/
Kids
World
Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/
Tiki
the Penguin’s Home Page
OneWorld.net
http://www.oneworld.net/penguin/
Trading
Around the World
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/trade/index.htm
Voices
of Youth
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/voy/
Where
Is That?
Funbrain
http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
Omnibus
Site
Multicultural
Multilingual Library and Resources Online
Office of Multilingual and Multicultural Programs—Portland,
Maine
http://multilingual.portlandschools.org/library.htm
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