General Library Sites

• MEL.org The Michigan Electronic Library. Research sources, online periodical databases, and much, much more!
• NetLibrary.com Electronic books you can read on your computer at home. See us at the library to set up your e-books account. Also available through the MEL.org link
• New! TumbleBook children's eBook library! Click here to enter!

Booklists and Suggested Reading

• Book Lover's Den "The Booklover's Virtual Reading Room."
• Fantastic Fiction Bibliographies of authors and informaiton on over 190,000 books.
• Readalikes "If you liked this book, try that book..." plus much more, mostly for kids.
• Seemore.mi.org Young Adult Booklists.
• AllRead Search Engine a source for read-alikes ("If you liked this book, then try that one...").
  
• Oprah's Book Club Printer-friendly list of all Oprah's recommended titles. Print a copy, check off the ones you've read, then bring the list with you next time you visit us at the library!
  

Sites Related to Book Reviews, Authors, Publishers, or Particular Books

• Winslow Press Publishers of Dear Mr. President series and other children's books.
• Jan Brett Childrens author and illustrator. Terrific Web site, with tons of stuff to do.
• Patricia Polacco,  Michigan author and illustrator of books for kids.
• A Child's Book "A Child's Book.com seeks to promote and encourage compassionate people through active adult interaction, developmentally appropriate books, and the joy of reading."
• Jackie French Koller  author of children's books, including the Dragonling series.
• DavPilkey Author of Dogzilla, Kat Kong, and the Captain Underpants series. Lots of fun! Parts of Dav's site are under construction at this posting, but the parts that are working are great.

Teen-Related Sites

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• Channel One Information on and tie-ins to the daily news program.
• Teens Online General stuff of interest to teens.

Resources for parents, teachers, and librarians

• Houghton Mifflin Education Place Elementary resources including reading, language arts, math, science, social studies, intervention, professional development, activies, games and textbook support
• Young Readers--Penguin Putnam, Inc. Information on authors, character costumes and stories for all seasons
• Teachnet.com Teacher stuff...searches, bulletin boards, lesson plans, sharing, oh, just check it out: there's way too much to mention here!
• Guys Read Why don't more boys read? This site is "A literary initiative for boys...from Jon Scieszka," author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and the Time Warp Trio series.
• Scholastic, Inc. Just lots and lots of stuff pertaining to Scholastic and their books
• Themes Educational themes with games, songs, art, booklists, etc.
• Hummingbird Educational Resources  Help for harried teachers of little kids. Great ideas for all seasons and subjects.
• MiKids Much helpful and interesting information. Check it out!

Reading Events

• The Great American Read-In An annual event connecting authors with children worldwide.
• Children's Literature Conference Held every February in Ohio.

Generally Interesting Stuff

• Ancestry.com Learn about your ancestors! (Available only on the library computers, not at home)
• Virtual University Take classes online in everything from Web Design to Forensic Science
• PBS Kids Information, games and lots of other stuff based on your favorite PBS kids' shows
• PBS Information about PBS programs
• Kids Garden Gardening projects and ideas for kids
• Smithsonian Institution a great place to get lost for an afternoon!
• National Air and Space Museum more from the Smithsonian

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