The Kids on the Web: Children's Books

• CreamyStories follows the adventures of Creamy (the bear who thought he was a dog) and his friends.
  
• A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (author of ``Treasure Island'') will introduce kids to some really wonderful poetry.
  
• BigBus is a place where students from all over the world can express their ideas, opinions and thoughts. Check out the articles, then communicate some of your own ideas and while your at it go ahead and subscribe to get updates on the Big Bus.
  
• The Magic School Bus Fun Place set up by Scholastic features a wacky science teacher named Ms. Frizzle who takes her class of enthusiastic, inquisitive students and playful sidekick, Liz, the lizard, on educational field trips in her magically transformable bus. The pages are based on the award-winning book series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen.
  
• The Best Books Lists mention the books that were granted awards of different kinds, books about specific subjects, and the recommendations of particular projects.
  
• Positively Poetry is a homepage created by a 14 year-old who is interested in writing and reading poetry. Designed for children from the ages of 5 to 15, kids can share their artistic abilities in writing poetry with people around the world.
  
• The Young Writers Club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pasttime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. If you like writing, we think you are going to love this club!
  
• Yahoo offers a great Children's Authors page with links to pages about the authors of children's books. They include Frank Baum, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince), and a ton more.
  
• The Webbie Web Books lets you buy, color, and read books, along with working on books with your family and friends.
  
• The Big Busy House (related to HarperCollins' children's books) will let you meet the folks who write and illustrate their stuff, learn about their new books, and find out how to submit a manuscript yourself.
  
• Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers offers Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley series, among the most widely sold new books for young adults and pre-adolescents. A visit to Sweet Valley High will let you get the scoop on what's happening with their favorite twins, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield.
  
• If you've ever been curious about why some things are done for Easter (like coloring eggs, or where the Easter Bunny gets the eggs to deliver), you might be interested in The Tale of the Easter Turtle.
  
• The Adventures of Banph are the tales of an ant knight's endeavors to defend his kingdom against enemies of the carpenter empire.
  
• Aliterary magazine written and illustrated by young people through age 14, Stone Soup is international and has been published by the non-profit Children's Art Foundation since 1973. It also has an archive sharing hundreds of stories written by children, including the complete text of The Young Visiters by Daisy Ashford (age 8), originally published in 1919 in England with an introduction by J.M. Barrie.
  
• You can visit the home of Mike Rofone, Roving Reporter, and read a whole bunch of great stories.
  
• For young writers, a look at the Arbor Heights Cool Writers' Magazine where you can read their local magazine, and submit articles of your own. (Note: this page does have a plug-in for a MIDI sound file; your computer may not be able to let you use it.)
  
• You can read about brand new Kid's Books complete with cover pictures, and a description about the stories in them.
  
• Kyra, another ten year-old, has a Web page devoted to Scholastic's Goosebumps books. Each week, she includes 2 book reviews!
  
• If you're curious, you can look at the Yahooligans collection of Goosebumps sites.
  
• Cherry Valley Books has hundreds of full-length book reviews and a lot of short annnotations of children's book at their site, all in the coziest little bookstore on the World Wide Web.
  
• The Busy World of Richard Scarry has fun games for kids featuring the lovable cast of busy characters from Richard Scarry.
  
• Browne's Funbooks are the publishers of activity books for kids, featuring a published international short story, poem or play writing contest. Take part in the Wizkids contest and other contests too!
  
• Bilingual Books for Kids has gathered a wonderful selection of materials to enjoy. Written with Spanish and English appearing side-by-side, these books introduce bilingual skills, increase language and learning abilities and positively heighten awareness of many cultures.
  
• Mother Goose & More is about a particular children's book that takes classic Mother Goose rhymes and adds its own whimsical lines.
  
• Young Voices publishes a monthly magazine, which features the stories, poems, essays, and artwork of people between the ages of six and eighteen.
  
• If you're aspiring to become a writer, or are already creating things, check out the Inkspot for Young Writers.
  
• Boulder's first electronic student newspaper, The Vocal Point, is designed, managed, created, and maintained entirely by student volunteers.
  
• Check out a great new book: I Am an Artichoke by Lucy Frank. It's a story about a girl named Sarah and her new job in New York City. The challenges she runs into in trying to help the girl she's taking care of, but also keep the girl's parents happy, prove that people learn the value of friendship sometimes at a difficult cost.
  
• In the Planet Troll, you can check out their BookWorld, the first and leading online bookstore for kids.
  
• You'll love the fairy tales of Ika Bremer, available in English, German, and Spanish. Home of Bla-bla, the automated story teller, will read you a variety of stories, including one about the Italian spider, Kan-ga-roo, and the wacky planets.
  
• The Little House on the Prairie Home Page is devoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books. It can keep you up-to-date on new book releases about Laura Ingalls Wilder and special events at the Laura Ingalls Wilder heritage sites.
  
• The Arrowhead Library System has compiled a list of 101 Out-Of-This-World Books For Kids Ages 8-13, sorted by subject with a brief summary of each of the books.
  
• Learn about the Young Reader's Choice Award, chosen by the children and young adults of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
  
• Kate's Whacky Kidz Stories was set up by a ten year-old girl in Australia, letting you read stories written by kids from all around the world! Whacky is for kids aged from about 7 to 14 and has stories about animals, adventures, fantasy and lots more.
  
• There's a healthy list of publishers of children's books at Jill Bourne's list of Publishers.
  
• Stop and read the new issue of Y'Know, the Web report for K-12 students, by K-12 students.
  
• The MultiMedia Schools Magazine is a practical how-to magazine that addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today--CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources.
  
• You can order children's books by Joyce R. Prewitt online. I'd warn you not to send your credit card number in email, though.
  
• Written by Lois Lowry, The Giver is one of the most fantastic children's books I've ever read. In 1994 it won the coveted Newbery Medal.
  
• At the Book Nook, you can find reviews of kids' books written by kids.
  
• An all-time favorite: Alice in Wonderland.
  
• Concertina offers a number of illustrated children's books, including Waking in Jerusalem, the story about a young child who wakes up before his parents and watches the city of Jerusalem wake up. Suitable for children ages 3 to 7.

If you know of other book sites, please let me know.

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