Links to Fun Web Sites
Hey, Kids! Looking for a cool Web site about volcanoes? We found one! How about some help on your homework? Check out our Homework Help sites! We've found sites with games, cool graphics and lots of interesting information -- and they're all just for you!
Nature
Books
- Internet Public Library Youth Division
- Childrens Literature Web Guide
- Book Hive
- KidsReads.com
- ALA Great Web Sites: Favorite Children's Stories
- ALA Great Web Sites: Expanding the Classics
eBooks
Governments
- Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
- Census 2000
- 50 States and Capitals
- The British Monarchy
- TIME for Kids
- State of North Carolina Kids Page
Homework Help
- Novelist K-8
Reader's advisory service for fiction and nonfiction titles, designed to support kids’ pleasure reading and school work. Searchable by author, title, series name, plot, and lexile level. Includes author read-alikes and lists of award-winners.- Ask.com
- KidsClick
- Jiskha Homework Help
- CIA World Factbook
- Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
- The Why Files
- Ask Dr. Math
- Discovery Channel School
- American Memory
- Library of Congress Presents: America's Story from America's Library
- The Educator's Reference Desk
Search the Internet
- KidsClick!
- Yahooligans
- Ask for Kids
- NC State Library's StartSquad
Just for Fun
- Cartoon Network
- Nickelodeon
- Pokemon World
- Kids Cooking Club
- PBS for Kids
- The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
- Discovery School's Puzzlemaker
- Harry Potter - Warner Brothers Official Site
- Harry Potter - JK Rowling Official Site
- Harry Potter - Scholastic Books
- Narnia
- Captain Underpants
- The Arthur Page
- The Boomer Wolf
- Children's Television Workshop
- Mystery Spot
- Between the Lions
- ALA Great Web Site for Kids
- ALA Great Web Sites: Fun for Younger Children
- ALA Great Web Sites: For Kids by Kids
Multicultural Resources
- U.S. Postal Service's Black History Tour
- African-American Mosaic Exhibition
- Mexico for Kids
- ALA Great Web Sites: Lugares en Espanol para Ninos
Science
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Exploratorium
- NIEHS Kids Pages
- Ology
- KidsHealth
- ALA Great Web Sites: Dinosaurs
- ALA Great Web Sites: Science Experiments
- ALA Great Web Sites: Astronomy and Space
- NASA Kids
Museums
Safety/Product Reviews
Please Note: These Web sites have been recommended by our staff and other library professionals as sites of interest to children. The staff of the Durham County Library believes that each individual must accept personal responsibility for determining the suitability and appropriateness of information obtained through the Internet. We hope that parents and children will explore the exciting world of the Internet together. Lots of Internet sites list web pages for children, and we do not intend to replace them. Just as we recommend our favorite books, we like to recommend our favorite web sites and we hope you enjoy them!
Last Update: January 17, 2012
