Kids this is your page

Kids this is your page!

You'll find links recommended by kids, art work done by kids, and other links and suggestions for kids from our library staff.

We want to hear from you. Please e-mail (alvpubl@airmail.net) your artwork, comments, favorite websites, jokes, riddles, and suggestions!

Artwork should be saved as a .gif or .jpg file no larger than 100K, colors should be reduced to 256 colors (8 bit), dimensions no wider than 300 pixels.

Albino Cardinal? See it in action!

Alvarado Animal Safari Page

African Lions.com

Jack Hanna's Web Site - http://www.jackhanna.com

Looking into the Hawk's Eye - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~airyn/shamballah/raptors.html

Planet Pets - http://www.planet-pets.com/wldindex.htm

Primate Gallery - http://www.selu.com/bio/PrimateGallery/main.html

Arthur The Dragon Tales Fireworks Fun Page
World's Most
Famous Aardvark

Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Smokey Bear Woodsey Owl

For kids under the age of 10:

Club Theo This site has games and activities based on Theo the Dinosaur. Shockwave game.

Create Your Own Play! You choose the stars and assign their lines.

Larryboy Four funny Larryboy adventure games.

Sesame Street Games Great games with all your favorite characters from Sesame Street!

Thomas the Tank Engine Lot's of fun games and activities featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends.

3-2-1 Penguins! Have a blast with Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel and Kevin!

VeggieTales Fun games with your favorite VeggieTales characters!

William Willya's Fill in the Blanks Game Match the words to make a rhyme.
Sound them out and take your time.

For kids over the age of 10:

Carnivorous Dinosaurs A scrambler game featuring various dinosaurs. Java script game.

Crossword Puzzles Online This site features great crossword puzzles and other games!

Dot 2 Dot Dinosaur Game Connect the dots to make a fun dinosaur. Java script game.

DinoFun Various dinosaur games - including Dino Simon where you click the flashing dinos in the right order and test your memory. Java script game.

Dinosaur Imposters Imposters have invaded the Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Prehistoric animals masquerading as dinosaurs have infiltrated Dinosaur Hall. Your help is needed to filter out the fakes. Java script game

Dinosaur Mix and Match Match the dinosaurs with their body parts. Shockwave game.

Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions and Their Relatives):

Araneae, Spiders of North-West Europe - This site contains more than 700 pictures of over 220 spiders commonly found in NW-Europe, especially the area between the Netherlands and the south of France. There are also some photos of spiders from Australia and the United States.

The Arachnology Home Page - with already more than 2000 links to arachnological sites this is an essential index to quickly find what you are looking for.

Brown Recluse Spider Bite Health Tips for Kids from KidsHealth

Department of Entomology Website -Texas A&M University the Site covers both arachnids and insects.

Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico by Wayne Maddison, University of Arizona. yes, this website is devoted to all those spiders that jump!

Scorpion du Jour - Non-technical information about individual species of scorpions. Includes a photo gallery and answers to over 20 questions commonly asked about scorpions.

Spiders - These pages are the ongoing result of work on Spiders by 10-year-old children at Rochedale State School in Australia. Super photos and fun facts.

Insects:

Ant Farm Home Page A personal website related to ants.

Antlion Pit, a Doodlebug Anthology - Includes resources and videos of antlion (doodlebug) feeding behavior and metamorphosis, as well as information on how and where to find antlions.

Bees and Wasps - Nice page about all sorts of bees, hornets and wasps.

Beetle Science at Cornell University - Includes rotatable images of 3 beetle specimens from the Cornell University Insect Collection and much more.

The Butterfly Pavilion - Butterflies and other invertebrates. Features photos and details on over 30 species of butterflies residing in the Butterfly Pavilion in Colorado.

Department of Entomology Website -Texas A&M University the Site covers both arachnids and insects.

Iowa State Entomology Index: Insect Sounds - An index of websites that have insect sound galleries.

Yuckiest Site on the Internet - Featuring Roach World and Worm World!

Kids Snow Page This is site is all about Snow! Snow crystals and how to study them. Snow scavenger hunt to an ice candle. Cutting six-sided snowflakes to snow paint. Snow folk tales and poems. Snow ice-cream and an edible glacier. Links to other web sites about snow.

Snow Crystals

This site, created by Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Professor of Physics at Caltech, is all about snow crystals and snowflakes, and how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures appear, quite literally, out of thin air. The many facets of snow crystals are described here, along with our attempts to understand their formation.

Zoos and Animal websites:

Alvarado Animal Safari Page
The Birmingham Zoo - http://www.birminghamzoo.com/

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - http://www.clemetzoo.com/homepage.html

The Fort Worth Zoo - http://www.fortworthzoo.com/home.html

The Exploratorium - Frogs - http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/

Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures - http://www.jackhanna.com/

The San Antonio Zoo - http://www.sazoo-aq.org/zootour.html

The San Diego Zoo - http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

The Smithsonian National Zoological Park - http://natzoo.si.edu/

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