SkidKids
This page is devoted to teens, 'tweens,
and younger readers. Here you'll find handy links to
great online resources for homework help, Fan Fiction
sites, and the latest additions to Skidompha's
collection of reading for young readers.
Check It Out!: Newest SkidKids
Titles
TEEN/YA LIT
FAN FICTION
HOMEWORK HELP
REFERENCES
COUNTRIES
MISC
TEEN/YA LIT:
Teen's Top Ten Books - 2007 Nominations
Teens around the country, like you, vote for your
favorite titles during Teen Read Week in October.
Teens at Random
Random House offers teens a great website with lots of
great new book reviews.
Award-Winning Titles
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/awards/teen/
Informative selection of
the best books!
Series and Sequels
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/
This Incredibly useful database currently contains over
23,500 books in series titles that are classified into
three audiences: Young Adult, Juvenile & Juvenile Easy.
Suggested Reading
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/lists/teen/
Outstanding book lists from the Mid-Continent Public
Library.
Favorite Teenage Angst Books!
Favorite Teenage Angst Books is a very cool "for teens
by teens" site that gives great reviews of the best
young adult books .
Reading Rants!
Reading Rants! is a hip book review and suggestion site
managed by a NY middle school librarian who describes
herself as "too chicken to get her eyebrow
pierced...totally obsessed with the TV show Boston
Public and (of course) young adult books."
Teenreads!
Teenreads.com has great graphics and is very current -
it's "the place online for teens to talk about their
fave books--and find the hippest new titles!"
Best Books for Reluctant Teen Readers
The Young Adult Library Services Division of the
American Library Association creates this list every
year. It is an excellent list of quality young adult
books that are compelling, fast-paced and vivid. This is
a great resource for teens who are not big readers or
have trouble finding books they can get 'in' to.
National Book Award for Young People
Awarded every year by the National Book Foundation, a
non-profit organization, the National Book Award is one
of the most prestigious awards an author can win. The
NBA for youth recognizes the year's best book for a
novel written for young adults. This link provides a
list of all NBA winners for the past year.
No Flying No Tights
This site is specifically devoted to presenting graphic
novel reviews for teens. It is also useful to anyone who
is ether curious about graphic novels or is a
long-standing fan looking for new titles. In today's
titles you can find anything from a fantasy to rival
Harry Potter to a memoir that will break your heart.
Teen Ink - Movie Reviews Written by Teens
"Read what teens think about today's movies, classic
films, yesterday's videos, everyone's favorite
celebrities and stars - and the whole movie industry.
All movies reviews, video reviews and DVD reviews are
written by teenagers."
Fan Fiction
http://www.fanfiction.net/
“…a broadly-defined term for fiction about characters or
settings written by fans of the original work, rather
than by the original creators. Fan fiction usually
describes works that are uncommissioned and unauthorized
by the owner/creators and publishers of the original and
usually (but not always) works which are not
professionally published.” You’ll find the following
categories…
Anime/Manga;
Books;
Cartoons;
Comics;
Games;
Misc;
Movies and
TV Shows.
Based on the
Book
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
This site offers a compilation of over 1,200 books,
novels, short stories, and plays that have been made
into motion pictures. Utilizing the
Internet Movie Database as the authority, all
movies in this collection have been released as
feature-length films in the United States, in English,
since 1980.
HOMEWORK HELP:
Teen Space - The Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is one of the most
award-winning websites on the 'net. It is run by the
University of Michigan School of Information Science
(graduate school for people who want to become
librarians). This site - especially for teens - links to
a ton of information on homework and other stuff like
dating, money and careers.
Homework Help at the Multnomah Public
Library
Collection of outstanding links to Web sites on a
variety of homework topics.
DiscoverySchool.com
"Has tools to help you study, games to challenge your
mind, and tons of great clip art to use. In addition,
there are nearly a dozen learning adventures that let
you explore everything from Ancient Egypt to the Space
Station."
Lincoln Academy Library
http://lincolnacademy.org/libraryweb/index.htm
Medomak Valley High School Library
http://msad40.org/mvhs/library/MVHSLIB.cfm
REFERENCES:
The Quotations Page
http://www.quotationspage.com/
You’ll find
over 26,000 quotations online from over 3,100 authors,
and more are added daily.
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Look it up here…Word of the Day; Thesaurus; languages
and other references.
Babel Fish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
AltaVista Babel Fish provides the online text and web
page language translation!
Handspeak
Sponsored by Handspeak, this sign language dictionary is
the "largest, fastest growing visual (sign) language
dictionary online". Results show real-action
demonstrations, not just still pictures!
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Encyclopedia Britannica online is a great place to
start a search on just about any topic. The powerful
site connects you to news articles, maps, photos,
summaries and lots of useful information. If you want to
browse ad-free, though, it'll cost ya: see "subscribe".
COUNTRIES:
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has compiled
tons of up-to-date statistics, information and maps on
every country in the world in this very useful site.
Country Reports
This very easy to search site includes information,
statistics, flags and maps of all the countries in the
world. The National Education Association said this site
of 1,500 links "offers a wealth of information".
MISC:
Student Sports
http://studentsports.rivals.com/default.asp
Teen Center
http://www.teencenterat64.org/
A Community - Teen Non Profit
Organization serving the Lincoln County area.
Pro People
http://www.propeople.org/links/teens.htm
Resources for teen issues
Maine Department of Health and Human
Services
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/teens.shtml
Resources for teen issues
Check It Out!
Here
are some of the newest titles for young readers at
Skidompha Library:
'Tweens: AGES 9-12
Alida’s Song by Gary
Paulsen
A
fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by
irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a
farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly
brothers. Explore the Gary Paulsen homepage
http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/librarysheffieldint/paulsen.html
Boston Jane (The
Adventure) by Jennifer Holm
Schooled in the
lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss
Jane
Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during
her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while
living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of
Washington Territory.
Explore the
Jennifer Holm webpage:
http://www.jenniferholm.com/02_mybooks/02_adventure.html
Boston Jane (The
Claim) by Jennifer Holm
The
arrival from Philadelphia of her spiteful nemesis Sally
Biddle and
the
return of her corrupt ex-fiance Richard Baldt spell
trouble for seventeen-year-old Miss
Jane
Peck, who has survived on her own in Shoalwater Bay, a
community of white settlers and Chinook Indians in 1850s
Washington Territory.
Case of the Bizarre Bouquets:
An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer
Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes’ right-hand
man—so when he goes missing, it’s a shock. Even Sherlock
hasn’t, well, the slightest clue as to where he could
be. Enola is intrigued, but weary; she’s still hiding
from her older brothers—and getting involved could be
disastrous. But when a bizarre bouquet shows up at the
Watson residence, full of convolvulus, hawthorn, and
white poppies, Enola must act. The stakes are higher and
the mystery deeper than ever before in the third
installment of this Edgar-award nominated, critically
acclaimed series. Find out more about the author,
http://www.nancyspringer.net/
The Cookcamp by Gary
Paulsen
During World War
II, a little boy is sent to live with his grandma, a
cook in a camp for workers building a road through the
wilderness.
Finest Kind by Lea
Wait
When his father's
Boston bank fails in 1838, causing his family to
relocate to a small Maine town, twelve-year-old Jake
Webber works to prepare the family for the harsh winter
while also keeping the existence of his disabled younger
brother a secret.
The Secret History of Tom
Trueheart
by Ian Beck
When young Tom
Trueheart's seven older brothers all go missing during
their adventures in the Land of Stories, he embarks on a
perilous mission to save them and to capture the rogue
story-writer who wants to do away with the heroes.
Ages 4-8
Lily Quench (series)
Dragon of Ashby by Natalie Prior
As a family of
dragon slayers, the Quenches of Ashby have always been
burning successes... until the evil Black Count invades,
and the family’s fortunes go into a downward spiral.
Then a dragon unexpectedly arrives and Lily, the last of
the Quenches, is called upon to fight it. Soon she finds
herself on a desperate, magical quest to save Ashby from
destruction—and restore the lost heir to his throne.
Look for other volumes in this fun fantasy & check out
the Lily Quench homepage http://www.lilyquench.com/Home.php
Skippyjon Jones by
Judith
Byron Schachner
is an award-winning The title character is a
Siamese
kitten
with large ears that make him look like a
Chihuahua.
He has a group of imaginary Chihuahua friends, Los
Chimichangos. He lives with his mother Junebug, his
three sisters, and Mrs. Tinkley, the family's owner. In
2004, Skippyjon Jones won the first annual
E.B. White
Read Aloud Award, handed out by
The
Association of Booksellers for Children.
It has also won several local children's book awards,
including the
New
Hampshire State Library's
2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award, the 2005
Washington
Children's Choice Picture Book Award, and the 2006
Colorado
Council International Reading Association (CCIRA)
Colorado Children's Book Award for Picture Book. Look
for more in the series…
*Skippyjon
Jones in the Doghouse (2); Skippyjon Jones in Mummy
Trouble with CD (3); Skippyjon Jones and the Big Dig
(4); Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones (5); Skippyjon
Jones and the Treasure Hunt (6)
DVDs:
Noisy Nora...and More Stories
About Mischief, ages 3 - 8
Thomas & Friends: Milkshake Muddle,
ages 3-8
PEEP Figures It Out,
ages 3-6
Ratatouille (G)
Shrek the Third ages
10+
Pet Alien, ages
10-18
Last Mimzy DVD
Books on CDs:
Over Sea Under Stone
More
Great Websites
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Library