Starting Points:
Library Portals for Children and Young Adults

Many libraries provide special online areas for kids and teens. Explore some of these cyberspace.

Go to ALA's Library and School Sites for lots of great links.

Use the following links to explore the resources on this page: Library Portals for Children, Library Portals for Young Adults, and Library Portals for Parents.

 

Library Portals for Children

SCPL Kid's Page from Seminole County Public Library
http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/
Information for kids on a wide range of topics.

Just for Kids from Tacoma Public Library
http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/kidspl.htm

Kid's Central from Waukesha Public Library, WI
http://www.waukesha.lib.wi.us/kc/index.shtml

Kids Page from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/kids.asp

Kid's Pages from Baltimore County Public Library
http://www.bcpl.info/kidspage/kidspage.html

Kid's Path from Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/

Kids Place from Newark Public Library
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/index.html

KidsPoint from Central Rappahannock VA Regional Library
http://www.kidspoint.org/

OH! Kids from Ohio Public Library Information Network
http://www.oplin.org/ohkids/

On-Lion for Kids from The New York Public Libraryhttp://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/

Potamus Place! from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
http://www.potamusplace.net/

Sign of the Owl from Chicago Public Libraryhttp://www.chipublib.org/008subject/003cya/sign/sign.html
(This one mixes teen menu with parents & teachers, very little for kids except Internet safety game . . . little confusing)

Start Squad from State University of North Carolina
http://www.startsquad.org/
Selected links for pre-school, elementary, and middle school

Terrific Tots (Under 5) from Tacoma Public Libraryhttp://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/Kids/Young.htm

 

Library Portals for Young Adults

Bettendorf Public Library Teens' Page by M. Levetzow
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/index.htm

Infozone from Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/kids_teens.jsp

Teen Edition from Chicago Public Libraryhttp://www.chipublib.org/008subject/003cya/teened/teintro.html

TeenLink from New York Public Library
http://teenlink.nypl.org/

Teen Lounge from Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/teens/

Teens from Richmond Public Library, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.yourlibrary.ca/community_sub.cfm?lev1=3

Teens from Washington-Centerville Public Library, OH
http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/teens/index.htm

Teen Space from Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/

Teens Page from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/teens.asp

TeensPoint from Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, VA
http://www.teenspoint.org/

YAzine from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
http://www.yazine.net/

Young Adults from Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/teenscape/

 

Library Portals for Parents

Especially for Parents from Tacoma Public Libraryhttp://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/Kids/Parents.htm

Parents Page from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/parents.asp

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