The Pocket Parent®: Advice for Families

Book, Film and TV Sites for Kids

* The Newbery Medal is given out every year by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This web site lists the newest winners, as well as previous winners all the way back to 1922:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

* The Caldecott Medal is presented every year by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This web site lists the newest Caldecott winners, as well as previous winners all the way back to 1938:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm

* Explore the magical land of Harry Potter, including Hogwarts and Diagon Alley at this verry cool web site:
http://www.geocities.com/mckjig/

* This site offers a fun, free demo for Harry Potter fans to play computer Quidditch:
http://brighton.ncsa.uiuc.edu/broomsticks/official.html

* Get the latest on the Harry Potter movies at:
http://www.harrypotter.com

* Fans of the Harry Potter books have their own fan club on the Internet. Kids can vote for their favorite book, help write a new Harry Potter story and play Harry Potter games:
http://HarryPotterFans.com/

* Book Adventure is a free resource that was created in response to the staggering percentage of students reading below grade-level in the United States. Kids create book lists from a selection of 4,000, read the books and then return to the web site to complete comprehension tests. Every quiz they complete earns them points for cool prizes:
http://www.bookadventure.org/

* Reading, fun? We think so! This site is designed for kids who love books, and features recommended books (including what to read until the next Harry Potter book comes out) and games based on popular book characters:
http://www.kidsreads.com/

* Fables Online offers children a chance to explore fables, legends, heroes and villians:
http://www.fablesonline.com/

* A companion web site to the PBS children's show, "Between the Lions'', uses stories and many interactive games to help kids learn how to read. The site includes books to read out loud with an adult (they also can be printed out), printable pages with puzzles and games or to color, and recommended reading lists:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/

* If your little one loves the show produced by the Children's Television Workshop, such as Sesame Street, you'll love their web site, which has fun, educational games for preschoolers and pictures you can print out and color:
http://www.ctw.org/

* Scholastic Books offers interactive games featuring its best-selling books, including Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Magic School Bus, I Spy, and of course, Harry Potter. You can test your Hogwarts knowledge by taking the Harry Potter trivia quiz for each book, and read J.K. Rowling's answers to kids' questions about the books. You also can play I Spy online, and other fun games with Clifford, Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang. The site's at:
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm

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