Children’s Book and Play Review

December 8, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults

The Children’s Book and Play Review (CBPR) helps busy adults select quality reading materials for classroom, library, and home use. CBPR reviews fiction, non-fiction, and plays written for young people.  Reviewers are librarians, educators, parents, and children’s literature …

Write Smart: Author Websites

November 29, 2010 in 13+ Teen, 5-8 Beginning Readers, 9-12 Tween, Featured Websites, For Young People, Literacy Tips, Tip of the Week, Write Smart

Does your child dream of being a writer? Author websites are  great resources for budding novelists. Many writers for children know that their readers also love creating stories and explain how they do it on their website or blog. Shannon …

Guys Read

November 24, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults, For Young People

Some boys (especially teens) struggle to find books they like. Which is why author Jon Scieszka has helped put together a website called “Guys Read.”  The site is meant to help parents, teachers, librarians and readers find the …

Bam.gov

November 10, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Young People

Bam.gov is a colorful and interactive site to promote health for kids and tweens. Each page is styled like a comic book, with lots of easily accessible articles and games to enjoy. Check out Food & …

Read Smart: Audio Stories

November 1, 2010 in 5-8 Beginning Readers, 9-12 Tween, Featured Websites, For Adults, For Young People, Literacy Tips, Read Smart, Tip of the Week

Having trouble finding stories that hold your child’s attention? Storynory is a free audio story website for kids ages 7-11, founded by Matthew Lynn and Hugh Fraser,  co-owners of Blog Relations, a consultancy that helps build online publicity. …

You Are Here

October 27, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Young People

Is ” shop ’till you drop” the mantra of your teen? You Are Here is an  interactive website where tweens and teens can learn how to be better consumers. Using the mall as a guide, kids can click …

Need a Spooky Book for Halloween

October 13, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults

Check out Scholastic’s Spotlight on Spooky and Scary Books for dozen of recommendations that will put just the right fright into little monsters, ghouls, and ghosts.

–Marsha D. Broadway, Juvenile Literature Librarian, Brigham Young University

AllSafeSites

October 13, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults, For Young People

AllSafeSites is  kid-friendly directory & search engine for locating  fun and educational websites.  Home page icons encourage users to browse sites that focus on education, technology, fun & games, or entertainment.   Each site has been personally reviewed …

Squeaky Books

September 29, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults, For Young People

Squeaky books is a  run by a college student, for teens. Since 2007 “Enna Isilee” (taking her name from characters in Shannon Hale’s books) has been writing reviews and generating discussion about YA literature on her blog. Although …

Mathstory.com

September 15, 2010 in Featured Websites, For Adults, For Young People

Mr. R’s World of Math features videos, poems, songs, and stories to help young people master  math skills. The challenge of the week encourages kids to solve fun math puzzles. Math lessons …