Links for Parents and Children

• Book and Author Sites
• TV
• Reviews
• Homework
• Things to do
• Teens
• History and Heritage

Children's Events & Reader Programming Sites

• The Ark, a cultural centre for children http://www.ark.ie/index.html
• Children's Books Ireland http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/

Book and Author Sites

• Meg Cabot http://www.megcabot.com/
• Captain Underpants http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/home.htm
• C.S Lewis http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/index.html
• Darren Shan http://www.darrenshan.com/
• Eoin Colfer http://www.artemisfowl.co.uk/
• Harry Potter http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/home.html
• Lemony Snickett http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm
• Lord of the Rings http://www.lordoftherings.net/
• Louis Sacher http://www.louissachar.co.uk/
• Nicholas Sparks http://www.nicholassparks.com/
• Roald Dahl http://www.roalddahl.com/
• Terry Pratchett http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/
• Thomas and Friends http://www.thomasandfriends.com/others/homepage.html

TV

• cbeebies (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/
• The Den http://www.rte.ie/tv/theden/

Reviews

• enCompass - the Global Book Club http://www.encompassculture.com
• Fiction Café http://fiction-cafe.nlb-online.org/
  set up by the National Library for the Blind to give visually impaired young people the experience of browsing for books - but it’s great for everyone!
• Kids Reads http://www.kidsreads.com/
• Mrs Mad’s Book–A-Rama http://www.mrsmad.com/
• Stories from the web http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm
  read stories, e-mail authors, write reviews and even write your own stories

Homework

• Teachers & Parents - BookTrusted http://www.booktrusted.com/
• Roller Coaster http://www.rollercoaster.ie/
• ScoilNet http://www.scoilnet.ie/
• Encyclopaedia Brittanica

Library Resources

• Library reources on the Internet (US) http://www.printerinks.com/Library-Resources-on-the-Internet.html

Things to do

• MyHome Library (Anne Fine) http://www.myhomelibrary.org/
  Download some fantastic bookplates designed by your favourite illustrators to personalise your own books. There are also some interesting reviews by young readers and by Anne Fine,
• MS Readathon http://www.ms-society.ie/msreadathon
• Colouring Pages http://www.thekidzpage.com/colouring_menus/index.htm
• Stories from the web http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm

Teens

• Cool Reads reviewed by 10 –15 year olds http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
• enCompass Culture http://www.encompassculture.com
• Teen Reads http://www.teenreads.com/
• Skool.ie www.skool.ie
  Secondary School pupils

History and Heritage

• Ask About Ireland http://www.askaboutireland.ie
• Kildare eHistory Online http://www.kildare.ie/library/ehistory
• Eye Witness to History History through the eyes of those who lived it.
• Horrible Histories http://www.horrible-histories.co.uk/frameset.html
  all things gruesome, rotten, vile and bad
• Interactive History http://www.askaboutireland.ie/student.html
• Viking Network Ireland http://www.ncte.ie/viking/
• National Museum of Ireland http://www.museum.ie/
• National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
• The History Channel