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Books
Websites for browsing, reading, and listening to books. You could also join a book community and even publish your own novel.
| Authonomy.com | We're on a mission to flush out the brightest, freshest new writing talent around. |
| Blurb.com | Make your own book with Blurb's special software. |
| BookCrossing.com | BookCrossing is earth-friendly, and gives you a way to share your books, clear your shelves, and conserve precious resources at the same time. |
| Books.google.com | Search for books, download content, or find where to buy the book you've been searching for. |
| DailyLit.com | Receive short book instalments by email or RSS feed. Read on any computer or mobile device (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.). |
| FreeBookSpot.com | Free Book Spot is a free e-books links library where you can find and download free books in almost any category. |
| GoodReads.com | Goodreads is like a large library that you can wander through and see everyone's bookshelves, their reviews, and their ratings. You can also post your own reviews, join a discussion group, start a book club, contact an author, and even post your own writing. |
| LibraryThing.com | Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. LibraryThing connects you to people who read what you do. |
| LibriVox.org | LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. |
| RareBookRoom.org | The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. |
| Shelfari.com | Shelfari is the premier social network for people who love books. Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading, and discover new books. |
Brain teasers
Brain teasers devised by Roy Mason, featuring local landmarks. Click on each PDF icon to download a puzzle sheet.
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Landscapes & pub signs. |
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Rivers & mountains. |
Cartoons & drawing
Art websites, including sites that will let you create your own online pictures.
| Access Art | Website designed to help children aged 8 and above to create drawings and animations. |
| Artist's Toolkit | Explore the tools that artists use to build works of art. |
| Art links4kids | Links to top kids websites covering many aspects of art. |
| Colin Shelbourn | Colin Shelbourn writes the Rocky Rambler books, draws cartoons for the Westmorland Gazette, and illustrates books. This site includes details of cartooning courses. |
| Drawing Power | Website of the Campaign for Drawing. Special annual events in October. Books, DVDs and courses available. |
| Mr Picassohead | Create your own work of art in the style of Pablo Picasso. Drag and drop face, eyes, nose, mouth, hair etc. |
| Quentin Blake | The Official Quentin Blake Website, the artist who created Mister Magnolia, Mrs Armitage, and Quentin Blake's ABC. |
| Roald Dahl | The Official Roald Dahl Website. Games, music, animations, and information about the man who created Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
| United Media | Online cartoon strips including Dilbert, Snoopy, and Heathcliff. |
| Well Styled | Colour scheme generator. |
| Wordle | Make pictures with words. Here's one that we made earlier. |
Crafts & hobbies
Ideas for crafts and hobbies, and fun things to do on a rainy day.
| Crafty Hobbies | Local stockist of craft and hobby materials. |
| Hobby Craft | Craft ideas, competitions, and gallery, plus a telephone ordering service for buying craft materials. |
| Kids Friendly | New Zealand website. Things for children to make and do, such as making slime, and indoor camping. |
| Mechanical Toys | Construct your own toys powered by rubber bands and springs. |
| Organic Organisation | Games and tips about organic gardening. |
Electronic Easter egg hunt
As well as Easter Eggs that are made of chocolate (or egg), there is another type of Easter Egg that can be found in computers, video games, DVDs, and other electronic systems. These electronic eggs come in the form of unexpected messages, music, pictures or games that are hidden for fun by a programmer or recording artist, waiting to be uncovered like eggs in an Easter Egg hunt. For example, an unlisted track or a personal message some time after the end of a CD, an undocumented level in a computer game, or a web page accessed by a hidden link. The following websites contain more information and real examples.
Kids' websites
Here are a few kids' websites that include games, school revision, and other information.
Knight game
| A simple logic game. Move the knight in legal chess moves to every square on the board in as few moves as possible. Click on the knight to start. |
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Science
Our favourite science websites.
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Sliding picture puzzles
Slide the pieces around the puzzle grid to form a picture.
| Tree on The Green | 3 x 3 |
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| Lindal War Memorial | 4 x 3 | |
| Horse and Sheep | 4 x 4 | |
| View from Lindal Moor | 7 x 4 | |
| Unreal 1 | 4 x 4 | |
| Unreal 2 | 4 x 4 |
Weather
Some interesting and unusual websites about the weather.
| AccuWeather | Check out current and forecast weather for the UK and all over the world. |
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| Atlapedia Online | Worldwide maps and climate information. Contains full colour physical and political maps categorized by countries and resources. | |
| BBC Weather | Fact files, photos, forecasts, and projects. Find out how weather works and how it affects us. | |
| Earth from Space | Pictures from the Space Shuttle. Links to a database of over 400,000 images, many of which can be freely downloaded. | |
| Learning from the Met Office | Projects and education resources. Learn how to set up your own weather station. Find out about weather in history. | |
| The Weather Dude | Lots of facts about the weather, aimed mainly at children, with resources for teachers or parents. Featuring musical meteorology. | |
| The Weather Prediction | "The Grand Site of Weather Analysis and Forecasting Education". Charts, facts, definitions, forecasting, and jokes. |
Image of Irish Sea from Space courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Mission STS61A, Roll 200, Frame 91. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.