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Young Readers Project


Here are some links to kid-oriented sites. There are many more good ones out there. If you run across any, let Chris Hardesty know.


College Post -- By and for D.C.-area college students. Games, news and more. From the Washington Post.

School Matters -- Schedules and Web links for local schools, advice from a teacher and homework help. From The Washington Post.

Minnesota Youth News -- Where the Star Tribune puts news for young folks. I don't know how they do it.

Genny X -- Looks like an advice column by a 20-something woman. From the Star Tribune.

Homework Help -- Also from the Star Tribune.

NandoNext -- Triangle high schoolers.

The School Zone -- Our NIE Central, with scads of links.

The Headbone Zone -- Now available through some newspapers' home pages, soon possibly from The N&O. Aimed at age 8-14.

Student.Net -- For and of college students, started by Columbia and Yale students. One of its bosses is a Yalie who formerly was an N&O summer intern, Stewart Ugelow.

Scholastic Place -- With sites tied to lines of books such as Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, Magic Schoolbus.

FishNet -- E-zine about colleges, college admissions and high school life, for high school students. Tied to membership service called Students Online. I *think* some of these folks are Triangle-based, not sure.

Too Cool for Grownups -- Tied to a monthly, or is that quarterly, tab published in Chapel Hill (printed at Chapel Hill News). Claims to reach 60,000 in print. Seems to aim at "young teens".

The Jolly Roger -- "Home port of the WWW literary renaissance." College students in Chapel Hill fiercely defending the western literary canon as part of the "grungeservative literary revolution." They don't do drugs , they don't do deconstruction, but they get awfully carried away with the pirate metaphor.

Yahooligans! -- The web guide for kids.

Kidlink -- Global networking for youth 10-15.

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet -- A fun place for families to explore, featuring Cockroach World, Worm World, Old Bones and New Jersey Youth Soccer. Part of New Jersey Online, produced by a few NJ papers.

New Jersey Online -- Online newspaper site that has special sites for high school sports and Little League and youth soccer.

CTW Online -- The official Internet address of Sesame Street.

Mister Rogers -- Great stuff for children and parents in the man's electronic neighborhood.

Dr. Universe -- Simple answers to everyday science questions. Promoted with this boast: "If you've ever wondered why men have nipples or what snot is, this site's for you!"


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