Kids Websites
- CBC Kids
- Ontario Science Centre
- Yahoo Kids
- PBS Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- Discovery Kids
- BBC: Prehistoric Life
- FunBrain
- Nickelodeon
- Disney Online
- Sesame Street Workshop
- OWL Kids
- EcoKids
- The International Kids Space
- SpaceKids
- Funology.com
- Club Penguin
- Webkinz
- The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
- Kids Health
Online Booklists
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Scholastic.com | Book Central
Find out about kids' books and authors in The Stacks! - Arthur's Favourite Books (PBS.org)
Find out what Arthur and his friends like to read! -
Kidsreads.com
Reading lists, series books, classic titles and the newest titles all are part of Kidsreads.com along with trivia games, contests, author interviews and author biographical information. - The Reading Corner
A place for students (Grades 3-8) to find good books to read. Reviews of children's books. - The Book Hive
The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County: BookHive - Aesop's Fables
Resources For Kids
You can use your library card to access any of the resources listed below!
Canada in Context
Designed for students needing help with homework, writing reports, and school projects, based on curriculum standards in all major subject areas — History, Science, Literature, Geography, Cultures, and more. Canadian curriculum standards with correlated content, including: Middle and High School Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies standards for the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
Canadian Points of View
Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 120 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.
Grzimek's Animal Life
Grzimek's Animal LIfe is an image-rich, dynamic online resource featuring more than 4,000 species categorized by Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals and Simple Aquatic Life, including information on evolution, habitat, behavior, range and more. Immersive tools like interactive range maps and an intuitive interface let users discover while also supporting serious academic research.
Infotrac Student Edition
Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Junior Edition
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Junior Edition - K12
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8, a fiction database, is designed especially for elementary and middle schools. It contains information on over 70,000 fiction titles, more than 200 Curricular Connections, more than 170 Grab and Go book lists, more than 290 Recommended Reads thematic book lists, over 90 Picture Book Extenders, and more.
Pebble Go
PebbleGo is an award winning pre-K to grade 3 database for reading and research. The PebbleGo databases make learning and improving reading and research skills fun, building on children's interest. PebbleGo offers two separate databases: PebbleGo Animals and PebbleGo Earth & Space. Both databases are simple to navigate and offer key reading supports of read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of ebooks for children in grades K-6 (approximately). Existing children's books are licnesed for use then animated using the existing illustrations and adding audio narration. The collection includes old time favorites such as The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Diary of a Worm, How I Became a Pirate, Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10, One Duck Stuck, as well as favourite fairy tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Old Mother Hubbard.
TumbleReadables
TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.
Vancouver Public Library Kids & Teens Resources
Visit the Vancouver Public Library's extensive list of resources and links for kids and teens!
To access more online resources, please visit our Research Page