WELCOME
TO THE
TWEEN ZONE!
Grades 4-8
See our Library Programs Below
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Solve mysteries and explore art in depth.
Brain Teasers
Stretch your brain!
Cyber Kids
An online magazine featuring writing and art by kids.
Fun Brain
Try playing “Math Baseball”, “Change Maker” and “Spell Check” games.
A Girl’s World
Where girls and teens rule the web with crafts, a pajama party, stories, and
lots more!
The Holiday Spot
Lists of
Holidays with Recipes, Jokes and more...
The Legal Eagle
A newspaper about the law for young people.
Midlink Magazine
The digital magazine by students, for students ages 8 to 18. Sponsored by NC
State University and the University of Central Florida.
Money Factory
U.S. Treasury site for
Youth Education
National 4-H Web
Find information about the national organization here.
National Geographic Magazine
for Kids
Fascinating articles, information, and games.
PBS Kids
Games,
Stories, Music, Coloring & TV Times
Poetry.com
International Poetry of
Library
Secrets of Making Money
The program follows
the U.S. Treasury and the Secret Service on a joint mission to stay ahead of
counterfeiters and make a better, more hi-tech buck.
Scholastic Kids
Information about your favorite books (like Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Royal
Diaries, and more), plus games and homework help.
Sports Illustrated for Kids Online
Features news, a behind-the-scenes look at top stories, a trivia challenge, a
calendar of sports stars’ birthdays, and more.
Tween Site
five new web sites just for 9 to 12 year-old 'Tweens' like you!
WebTweens
Find cool sites for 9-11 year olds here! Sites
with School Stuff,
Clubs, Fun Things to do, Finding Stuff on the Web and more...
Bookhive
A readers’ advisory web site for children maintained by the Public Library of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC).
International Children’s Digital Library
“This site provides access to hundreds of digitized children’s books from around
the world. You can search for a specific book, or browse by category, title,
author, or location. A project of the University of Maryland and the Internet
Archive.�?
Ask Jeeves Kids
News resources, study tools, and an Internet search engine designed for kids.
Awesome Library for Kids
An internet library database designed for elementary and middle school kids.
Internet Public Library Kid’s Space
Links for kids from the first public library of and for the Internet community.
“Kids Click!”:
A database of over 6400 sites for kids, compiled by librarians.
Kids
Hub
Kids Hub is a free online interactive learning center for elementary school
students. It features fun educational games, puzzles, and quizzes.
Start Squad
Homework help and fun sites compiled by the State Library of North Carolina.
Yahooligans
Designed for Web surfers ages 7 to 12. Sites selected by the YAHOO! Inc. staff.
Children’s
Authors and Illustrators
A collection of pages featuring links to children’s author and illustrator web
sites and pages. Some are official, others tributes or interviews.
U.S. Presidents & First Ladies
Women of NASA
Brief biographies of the famous women who have worked with NASA.
Atlapedia
Online
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as
key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Geo-Globe
Geography information, quizzes, and games.
America’s Story
Discover American history with the help of the Library of Congress.
Ben’s Guide
to US Government for Kids
A fun and fact-filled site for K-12, provided as a service of the Superintendent
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).
CIA World
Fact Book
A site with information and current statistics for the world’s countries,
prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Discoverers
Web
Links to all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery
and exploration.
History for Kids
Useful pictures and information on ancient civilizations, as well as ideas for
crafts and lessons.
Hyper
History/World History
Explore 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of
lifelines, timelines, and maps.
Lewis & Clark
Interactive Journey Log
Follow the journey of Lewis and Clark through journal entries, historical
photos, drawings, and more. From National Geographic.
Social Studies for Kids
World and U.S. history, current events, timelines, fun quizzes and more.
This Day in History
Famous birthdays and events for each day of the year, from the History Channel.
Do We Really Know
Dewey?
Learn all about Melvil Dewey and his famous classification system!
StoryPlace
A digital library for kids, from Smart-Start North Carolina and the Public
Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC).
A+ Math Games
Math games and logic puzzles that are actually fun!
AAA Math
math for grade levels K- 8
Ask Dr.
Math
Email math questions and check for math answers on this site.
Teach
R Kids Math
math
for elementary school
Backyard
Nature
Learn about the plants, animals, and ecology right outside your door with
educator and naturalist Jim Conrad.
Tramline Virtual Fieldtrips
Explore volcanoes, rainforests, and other natural wonders.
Canadian Museum of Nature http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm
ESL and Language
Dave's ESL Cafe
The internet meeting
place for ESL & EFL teachers and students from around the world!
Karin's ESL PartyLand
The pages at Karin's
ESL PartyLand are designed to help you improve your English. (And, yes,
it's all free.)
Merriam
Webster Online
Dictionary and Thesaurus
Ask Oxford
All your English language questions answered, plus quotes, crosswords, and more!
Your
Dictionary.com
the last word in words; dictionary, thesaurus and
translation dictionary
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