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Teens Surf On
Web
Words
Write
Stories
Worlds
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Be Web Aware
Get the most out of the Internet and know the risks - age
related safety tips. |
Kidspeak!
Test your Censorship IQ, fight for Harry
Potter, speak up for Free
Speech! |
Looney
Tunes Teach the Internet
Learn all about safe surfing and the web
from your favorite cartoon characters! |
Teen
Read Week
Register early to celebrate @ your library - October 14-20,
2007. |
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Words |
The
American Heritage Book of English
Usage
Grammar toolkit, style, word choice
and formation, social groups,
scientific forms. |
Hangman
Play over the web - 14 dictionaries
including Star Trek terms, arcade game
titles. |
Koko
& the Gorilla Foundation
See Koko sign using American Sign
Language, learn about gorillas and
gorilla families. |
Merriam-Webster's
Word Games
Try games like Definition Demolition,
Transform Brainstorm & Highbrow Lowbrow. |
Roget's
II The New Thesaurus
Words, words, words - from A-1 to
zonked. 35,000 synonyms with
succinct definitions. |
Semantic
Rhyming Dictionary
Type in a word for matching rhymes or
semantic siblings. |
The
Tongue Twister Database
Care to write one? Get some ideas here
like three free throws or six
thick thistles stick. |
A
Word A Day
All about the music and magic of
words. Sign up for a daily word
... like pelf or limn. |
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Write |
Beware,
You Might Become an Author One Day
Mawi Asgedom, author of Of Beetles & Angels,
talks about what started him writing. |
Discover
Writing
Write reviews, inspiring quotes, share
favorite leads and endings, said is
dead. |
Hatrack
River
Uncle
Orson's Writing Class (lessons
from SF / Fantasy author Orson
Scott Card). |
Scholastic
Art & Writing Awards
Started in 1923, 16 visual arts and 9
writing categories, grades 7-12. |
Zuzu
Submit a story to go with the mystery
picture by Peter Sis, or one about your
neighborhood. |
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Stories |
Art
Tales
Wildlife art is used to tell stories -
read what's there and then write your
own. |
Comic
Art & Graffix Gallery
From cave paintings to Spider-Man,
history of comics, artist bios,
galleries of comic art. |
eLibs.com
Ever played Mad Libs? Try Blibs,
make your own or browse thousands
created by others. |
First
Lines
Try this 'sort of literacy test'
- start with the Warm Up,
try I Saw the Movie and Boo! |
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Worlds |
Harry
Potter
Talk about the movies online, view trailers, listen to a webcast. |
Lord
of the Rings
Watch enthralling trailers, download posters and screensavers,
look behind the special effects. |
MAGIC
The Gathering
Learn about the world of MAGIC,
play the card game and battle other
sorcerers for survival. |
Star
Wars Kids
Check out the Episode I-VI timeline, play online games. |
Understanding
the Earth
Images, facts and figures about our Earth's sustainable
development. |
What Would Harry Read?
What would Harry read? or Ron? or Hermione? or even
Dumbledore?
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Readers
Rule!!
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