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BOOK LIMITS
PreK and Kindergarten students select one book at a time during their Storytime sessions.
Students in Grades 1-5 may check out up to 2 books at one time for 1 week at a time.
Books needed past the due date must be renewed.
Lost or damaged books must be paid for to maintain borrowing privileges.
QUICK LINKS
Helpful Links
The Alabama Virtual Library is a wonderful research tool for the citizens of Alabama. It includes: magazines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and more!
Homework Alabama provides live homework help every day Sunday - Thursday 3 PM - 10 PM. Connect with one-to-one real tutors for Grades 4-12 & College Intro in Science, Math, English & Social Studies.
Schoolwork Helpers: Fast help for smart students!
Social Studies
Alabama Department of Archives and History Great sections for teachers, students, and "About Alabama."
Alabama's Governor's Office Browse press releases, visit the image gallery, or read the latest news from Alabama's Governor.
State of Alabama Official Site Official website of the state of Alabama supplies access to government offices and agencies, educational departments and related entities.
White House Visit the official home page of the White House. Includes links to articles, federal services, current news events and activities for kids.
Library of Congress Search the Library of Congress catalogs, connect with the US copyright office, get tour information, or ask a librarian a question.
Smithsonian Institute Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institute or find information on its many divisions, events, and new exhibits.
Exploratorium Just explore!
National Museum of American History
Math
CoolMath Visit Cool Math to practice math with fun games and activities
Funbrain Games for students and resources for parents and teachers
Harcourt Math games for students by grade level
Math.com Explore the world of math online for all ages
Brainbashers A collection of brain teasers, puzzles, games and optical illusions
AplusMath Explore math games, flashcards and more
Multiplication.com Master the multiplication facts!
Science
Amazing Space Find out what's out there...stars, planets, and hubble!
Bill Nye the Science Guy Explore and learn with Bill Nye
Hubblesite Explore the Hubble as never before!
National Geographic Kids Get answers to your questions from National Geographic
Astronomy for Kids Explore space and our solar system
Science Bug Find out more about what is in your backyard
Language Arts
Word Central Learn a new word everyday! Visit Word Central to become a Word Star!
Whootie Owl: Read, listen to, talk about and illustrate online stories from around the world
Storyplace: The Children's Digital Library: Thematic stories and online activities to complete
FunBrain.com Word Activities
Authors
Jan Brett: Participate in contests, listen to her speak, and watch Jan Brett video descriptions of some of her stories
Eric Carle: Send snail mail, read answers to kids questions, and find out about craft activities that help you create illustrations like this author
Beverly Cleary: Explore the life and characters of Beverly Cleary
Jane Cutler: Write a review of one of her books that gets posted online at Amazon.com
Jean Craighead George: Read answers to letters from children, access great biographical information in the form of text, audio, video and photographs.
Kevin Henkes: Meet the author, read interviews, and explore videos and games
Magic Tree House Series from Random House gives students access to related fictional books and non fictional web sites as well as new research guides to help plan an entire unit. This is a great example of how to link trade books and the Internet together for students.
Robert Munsch: Explore the wacky world of author Robert Munsch.
Margie Palatini: Laugh out loud with the characters of Margie Palatini!
Barbara Park: Learn about the life of Barbara Park and have fun with Junie B. Jones!
Chris Van Allsburg: Find out about this interesting author/illustrator.
Magazines Online
National Geographic Kids The magazine's website
Time for Kids includes links to current event articles about politics, science, and kids views. Link to the latest online issues of World Report, News Scoop and special issues, all designed for kids.
World Magazine for Kids which has similar resources, but links to articles from previous issues of the magazine.
Just for Fun
Enchanted Learning : Zoom Learning Units, Little Explorers Picture Dictionary (with vocabulary in five languages!), hundreds of animals printouts, great graphics, Rebus Nursery Rhymes, Easy Crafts, Geography Units, coloring pages and even activities for preschoolers. Reading level gets harder as you follow more links within their site, and then eventually link to outside resources to extend even further. There's enough to keep your students, Grades K-6, busy and learning all year long
Scholastic for Kids Games, reading, new adventures and favorite characters
Homework Help
Alabama Virtual Library
The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. A selection of nonfiction ebooks are also available.
Xpeditions-National Geographic Locate a maps for many countries
Ask Jeeves Your very own information valet - allows you to ask a question in plain English and responds with one site that matches your request.
Britannica.com Browse the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, read world news or visit the Britannica store.
Fact Monster Encyclopedia, dictionary and almanac geared for kids is produced by Information Please. With news stories and a homework help section.
Find Articles Offers full-text news articles and features from over 300 publications. Allows for keyword searches and refining searches by subject or magazine.
Search Engines
Google Search engine returns keyword search results based on relevance of content and the number of links to a particular URL from other sites.
Ask Jeeves for Kids: ask real questions and get help narrowing your search
KidsSpace Browse through topics for kids on the Internet Public Library
Libraries
Library of Congress
University of South Alabama Library
New York Public
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