Great books, awesome websites, fun things to do…it’s all here!
Booklists:
- If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney…
- If You Like… Scary Stories
- If You Want to Read Books About…Death and Dying
- If You Want to Read Books About…Families
Fun Websites for Kids:
- Starfall.com: Free games to help kids learn how to read
- Build Your Wild Self!: From the New York Zoos and Aquarium, build your human/animal self and print or share with a friend!
- The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: Yucky science at its best!
- Miamiopia: A free learning community/website just for kids with over 500 educational games
- KidsKnowIt Network: Tons of things to do here! Explore by topic of interest, play games, and much more
- The ChessKIDS Academy: Learn to play chess for the first time, or learn new strategies and tactics if you already know how to play chess
- Tiny Planets (from National Geographic): Blast off to Tiny Planets and explore! Games, coloring, activities and more!
- Picture Match Games: From ReadWriteThink.org, play picture matching games to help with word association
Auhors to check out:
- Jon Scieszka: Author of the Stinky Cheese Man, Time Warp Trio, and Trucktown books and many more!
- Dav Pilkey: Author of the Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta books
- Barbara Park: Author of the Junie B. Jones books
- Beverly Cleary: Author of the Ramona, Henry, and Ralph books and many more!
- Dr. Seuss: Visit Seussville!
- Shel Silverstein: Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and many more poetry books!
