Sunday, September 30, 2007

COOL WEBSITES

The American Library Association has put together a wonderful list of websites for kids: CLICK HERE to visit their page.

Find out more about all these topics.

* ANIMALS
* Animals
* Dinosaurs
* Zoos & Aquariums


* LITERATURE & LANGUAGES
* Authors & Illustrators
* Children's Book Awards
* Expanding the Classics
* Favorite Children's Stories
* Lugares en españ­ol para niñ­os
* Writing by Children


* SCIENCES
* Astronomy & Space
* Biology
* Chemistry & Physics
* General Science
* Geology
* Science Experiments
* Weather & Environment



* THE ARTS
* The Arts
* For Kids By Kids
* Fun for Younger Children
* Games & Entertainment
* Museums
* Music
* Sports




* HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY
* Biographies
* US History--General
* US History--Pre-Colonial-1865
* US History--Post Civil War
* World History


* MATHEMATICS & COMPUTERS
* Computers & Technology
* Mathematics


* SOCIAL SCIENCES
* Geography & Maps
* News & Current Events
* Cultures of the World
* Politics & Government
* Religions of the World

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Emily Windsnap


If you've been waiting for the novel, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, then you will be pleased to know it has arrived. We have the sequel, too. Check it out!

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Magazines are fun!

These are a few of the magazines available in our SAS Library.

Highly respected award winning literary magazine for children ages 6-14 who love to read

Cricket feeds the minds and imaginations of reader's ages 9 to 14. Every issue of Cricket is filled with stories, poems, puzzles, recipes, and science and nature articles-all designed to stimulate the imagination and help young people to discover and explore the world around them.




Spider weaves a web of wonder for kids ages 6 to 9. Spider is a fun magazine for independent young learners. It's especially written and edited for children who have reached that amazing age when they first get excited about reading on their own. Spider has short stories, poems, activities and games for children between the ages of six and nine.

Ask investigates the world with past and present inventors, artists, and thinkers, and scientists. From the publishers of Click, Ask offers cartoons, contests, projects, Web experiments, games, and puzzles for kids ages 7 to 10 (grades 2 - 4).

Ask helps kids understand how the world works and how discoveries are made.


Dedicated to helping children aged 6 to 12 become lifelong learners, each issue investigates a single high-interest topic in science or social studies. The combination of dramatic color photography, high-impact illustrations, and informative kid-friendly text engages readers with compelling content.

Kids' Discover has thematic issues, puzzles and recommended reading lists for children ages seven to 13; pyramids, volcanoes, oceans, television, bubbles, earthquakes, food, Columbus, trains, weather, space, deserts, The Maya, glass, rain forests, The Roman Empire.