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Search Engines, eBooks, Dictionaries and More for Kids:

Digital & Audio Books:

Online Dictionary: Online Movies, Books & Music: Safe YouTube: Unsplash (free images)

For Curious and Creative Kids

Video Creation Tool Create Cool Word Collages Explore Our Amazing World NASA Kids

Amazing Videos for Everyone Animals and More Current Events for Kids Educational App

Coding for Kids

Free App for Young Coders Block Coding Grades 3 - 5 Block Coding Grades 3 - 5 Free App Young Coders

Author & Illustrator Fun Stuff

The First Cat in Space Brain Yogaaa with Jason Reynolds Poetry with Kwame Alexander Art, Stories and Fun!

Draw with Dav! What's Mo Willems Up To?

Podcasts!

Why not try a podcast?

There are so many wonderful options from science, to music, to stories!

It's a great way to wind down at the end of the day or spend some time together.

Kids Listen is a great resource to explore a variety of Podcasts.

Or check out School Library Journal's article From Nonsense to Science: Top Podcasts

Need some suggestions? Try one of these:

What I'm reading:

Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker
ISBN: 9780062698957
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
From the author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling novel Pax comes a gorgeous and moving middle grade novel that is an ode to introverts, dreamers, and misfits everywhere. Ware can't wait to spend summer "off in his own world"--dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called "normal" kids do. On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon he starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot. Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer--he doesn't live in the "real world" like she does. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge. But when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights' Code of Chivalry: Thou shalt do battle against unfairness wherever faced with it. Thou shalt be always the champion of the Right and Good--and vows to save the lot. But what does a hero look like in real life? And what can two misfit kids do?

"Words and Pictures" Complete Season

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Technology & Entertainment Resources for Families

Reviews on Books, Apps, Video Games

App to Borrow eBooks & Audio Books

Apps Parents Should Know

Navigating Digital Information

Reading and Podcast Resources for Families

Podcasts for Kids

Diversity in Children's Books

"Raise Kids Who Love to Read"

Notable Books 2020

Great Book Recommendations

Library Information Specialist

Courtney Anderson

Contact:

620 Squaw Run Rd. E.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

412.963.8644

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