netTrekker
A revolutionary Internet search engine created just for students, teachers, librarians, and parents.
http://school.nettrekker.com

TeachingBooks.net
Brings authors, illustrators and engaging resources about books for children and teens to schools, libraries and homes.
http://www.teachingbooks.net/

Online Reference Sources

Gale Group
Provides access to a wide variety of reference materials including an extensive number of periodicals, newspapers and author information. The Red Pine password has been provided to all parents of Red Pine students.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnkredpine

Grolier Encyclopedia Online
This online site provides access to Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People and Encyclopedia Americana and includes links to pertinent web sites. The Red Pine password has been provided to all parents of Red Pine students.
http://go-kids.grolier.com

SIRS Discoverer
This site helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills. Students can do research, read stories, learn about important people, places and events, find fun projects to do and much more.
http://discoverer.sirs.com://discoverer.sirs.com

ProQuest Newsstand
This site contains sitations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, over 250 of which provide full-text, enabling users to search the latest news from around the world.
http://www.il.proquest.com/pqdauto

Dakota County Library Home Page
http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/library/

Dakota County Library Catalog
http://ipac.dakota.lib.mn.us/

Minnesota Library Directory
A cooperative project of Minnesota's 7 Multitype Library Systems.
http://www.mnlibs.org/dir/index.cfm

Fact Monster: Atlas, Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html

A Web of Online Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html

Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/index-2.html

QuoteWorld.org (Search quotations by person, title or keyword.)
http://www.quoteworld.org/

Information Please Almanac
Designed for easy use, use this online version of an almanac through its searchable database or use its common sense categories.
http://www.infoplease.com/

elibrary and elibrary Elementary
Electric Library makes it possible to conduct real research over the Internet, using a deep database of reliable sources. Never before has finding the information you need been so fast and so easy!
http://www.bigchalk.com

Library Spot
Assembles the best library and reference URLs at one site. Visit the reference desk with its thousands of well organized links.
http://www.libraryspot.com/

Worldbook Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=WELCOME%20!

Children's Literature Sites

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/

The Children's Literature Web Guide
The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Author Sites

The Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Web Searches for Kids

KidsClick! Web Search for Kids by Librarians
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick%21/

Yahooligans! A Web Guide for Kids
http://www.yahooligans.com/

Ask Jeeves for Kids
Everyday questions, homework help and fun.
http://www.ajkids.com/

Other Cool Sites

The Kids' Storytelling Club
http://www.storycraft.com/

Puzzlemaker
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and
print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

50 States and Capitals
There are hundreds of facts and links for each state, from basic information such as the state flower and population to more unusual details such as the origin of the state name, highest poing, and historical landmarks.
http://www.50states.com/fileindx.htm

The Internet Public Library
Provides library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals.jhh
http://www.ipl.org/

Jan Brett- picture book author and illustrator
www.janbrett.com

Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
http://www.maudhartlovelace.org

Arthur's Web page
www.pbs.org/arthur

The Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery.htm

The Caldecott Medal
http://ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/aboutcaldecott/aboutcaldecott.htm