Fun & Games

• Build-a-Monster
  
• Online Etch-a-Sketch
  
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
  
• Puzzlemaker
  
• Bonus.com Supersite: Thousands of games & other activities for ages 8 & up.
  
• Bill Nye the Science Guy: Find really cool science stuff in Bill Nye's lab.
  
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: Gross! Check out this disgusting website!
  
• Internet Public Library’s Kidspace (Provided by OPLIN)
• Thunk.com: Send a secret, coded message to a friend.
  
• Fake Out!: A definition guessing game.
  
• Brain teasers: Give your brain a fun workout.
  
• PBS Kids: Games, stories, and your favorite shows.
  
• Nick Jr.: Fun games, stories, and more.
  
• Zeeks.com: Games, eCards, and more.
  
• Funny pages: Tons of comic strips, from Peanuts to Dilbert.
  
• JigZone: The place for free online jigsaw puzzles.
  
• KidsCom: Colorful, interactive playground for kids up to age 15.
  
• Make-a-Flake: Make your own snowflake.
  

• Paint with Elmo and Friends: Use the computer mouse to paint pictures!
  
• Paint with Baby Bear: Help Baby Bear make a picture of Hero Guy.
  
• PBS Kids Color In!: Color pictures with your mouse. More PBS
• PBS coloring pages.
  
• Noggin Doodle Pad: Pick a background & draw a picture online.
  
• Sesame Street Coloring Pages
  
• National Geographic Print 'n' Go Coloring Book: Animal pages to print & color.
  
• Between the Lions Coloring Pages: Letters, numbers, and pals to print & color.
  

• World Book Kids (Provided by OPLIN) 
  
• Bill Nye the Science Guy: Find some really cool science stuff in Bill Nye's lab.
  
• Girl Scouts: Find out how to get involved in Girl Scouts.
  
• National Geographic for Kids: Amazing facts & fun games about our world.
• What Tree Is It?: Search Ohio trees by leaf, fruit, or name.
  (Provided by OPLIN)
  
• What's That Snake: See more than 30 kinds of snakes that live in Ohio. (Provided by OPLIN)
• What's The Point?: That pointy rock you found could be flint, carved by Ohio's prehistoric people and used for tools, weapons, and making fire. (Provided by OPLIN)
• Thunk.com: Send a secret, coded message to a friend.
  
• PBS Kids: Games, stories, and your favorite shows.
  
• Kids' Place from Education Place: Geography, spelling, brain teasers, and more.
  
• FunBrain: Fun educational games divided by age group.
  
• Funschool.com: Puzzles, word games, language games, and more.
  
• The Case.com for Kids: Mysteries, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests.
  
• Prongo.com: Memory, math, & matching games (and more!) for ages up to 12.
  
• KidsDomain:Games about animals, space, dinosaurs, & more! For ages up to 10.
  
• Puzzlemaker
  
• Build-a-Monster
  
• Online Etch-a-Sketch
  
• World's Largest Roadside Attractions: Find the world's largest catsup bottle, hockey stick, marlin, & more.
  
• Guinness World Records: How tall was the tallest man who ever lived? What's the highest jump made by a pig?
  
• The Universe Within: Zoom from 10 million light years from Earth all the way to a tree leaf's protons.
  
  

• What Tree Is It?: Search Ohio trees by leaf, fruit, or name. (Provided by OPLIN)
  
• What's That Snake: See more than 30 kinds of snakes that live in Ohio. (Provided by OPLIN)
• What's The Point?: That pointy rock you found could be flint, carved by Ohio's prehistoric people and used for tools, weapons, and making fire. (Provided by OPLIN)

• Department of Natural Resources for Kids Only
  
• EMA Kids Zone
  
• Hazardous Waste Education Program for Kids
  
• Nature Things for Kids
  
• OhioKids.org
  
• OH!Kids
  
• Public Safety for Kids
  
• WildKids
  
  

Learn It!

• Homework Help: Use your GHPL card for online help from a tutor from 3-11 pm.
  
• OPLIN OH! Kids Homework Help: Tons of great sites on every subject.
  
• American Library Association´s Great Sites: Get answers with hundreds of sites.
  
• Know It Now 24/7: Ask a Reference Librarian any question any time online. (GHPL card required)
  
• Internet Public Library: Homework help, math games, science fair projects ideas.
  
• Girl Scouts: Find out how to get involved in Girl Scouts.
  
• FunBrain: Fun educational games divided by age group.
  
• The Case.com for Kids: Mysteries, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests.
  
• KidsDomain.com: Fun learning games, for ages up to 10. Animal games, space games, dinosaur games, and more!
  
• On this Day in History
  
• Guinness World Records
  

• Girls Life Magazine
  
  

• Avi: Answers and talks about Avi's books.
  
• Bookhive.org: Stories, books & more!
  

• ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books
  
• Buckeye Children's Book Awards
  
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
  
• Coretta Scott King Awards
  
• Caldecott Medal
  
• Newbery Medal
  
• National Book Award for Young People's Literature