Celebsite: Jerry Lewis
""Jerry Lewis was the first entertainer to release his Inner Child — and he’s never been entirely successful at locking it up again." This Mr. Show Biz fan site includes a bio and a complete filmography with links to reviews (look under Credits). I especially enjoyed the chronological news links culled from ABC News stories. For example, last month a judge revoked the probation of a man convicted of stalking Lewis."
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CBC4Kids J.K. Rowling Webcast
"Suppose J.K. Rowling came to your town to do a press conference, and you were invited as a student reporter. What questions would you ask the author who is Britain’s highest-earning woman? A roomful of kids, ages ten to seventeen, were given just that opportunity in Vancouver last year. Rowling’s responses to both the kid and grown-up reporters are recorded as individual audio clips along with additional coverage of her Vancouver tour."
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Brief Bio Washington
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Brain Spin: Alexander Graham Bell
"Take your brain out for a spin with this fabulous fun site (my pick of the day) from AT&T Labs. Don’t stop after you’ve perused the Bell pages, learned how he taught his dog to talk and played the mix-and-match game. Click on the spinning red brain to play Switch a Roo (Can you route calls as fast as a telephone switching computer?) or take a ride on the Infobahn and learn about Building the Network of Networks. You’ll need Java and Shockwave to take full advantage of the interactivity. Try it. You’ll like it."
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Braille Bug
Reviewed by Sara H., a reader from New York, who is affiliated with the site. "What a wonderful resource! If you need to learn about braille, Helen Keller, or Louis Braille, you’ll find it all in the Braille Bug. You can play games, or join the Reading Club, too."
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BookPage Interview: Paula Danziger
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Biographies for Children--The Young Patriots Series
Reviewed September 22, 1999 by Florrie B., a parent from Carmel, Indiana who is affiliated with the site. The Young Patriots Series of children’s biographies features the adventures of Amelia Earhart, William Henry Harrison, and many more famous Americans. As kids read about Amelia Earhart building her first roller coaster in "Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer," and William Henry Harrison rescuing his little sister from drowning in "William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe," they are meeting real children who make the same mistakes as they do, play games as they do, and even disobey their parents (sometimes)! Lesson plans, sample chapters and illustrations, and educational links are organized by book subject. American history leaps from the pages of these fun-to-read books for kids!
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Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
"There is so much excellent material in this Franklin Institute site, I could devote an entire column to it. Explore the multi-faceted Franklin by learning about his many avocations: music, science, economics, inventing, politics and diplomacy. Did you know that Franklin played the violin, harp, and guitar? His interest in music led him to build his own glass armonica, an instrument played by touching the edge of a spinning glass with a wet finger. What does an armonica sound like? Just click your mouse on the Virtual Armonica. Teachers and homeschoolers looking for related projects will find them under Enrichment Activities."
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Benjamin Franklin: Documentary History
"Created by Professor Leo Lemay of the University of Delaware as background research for a Franklin biography, this year-by-year time line of Franklin’s life would fill seven volumes if published on paper. You can wander through the years on your own, discovering tidbits of interesting information along the way, or use the terrific search engine found in the Introduction."
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Ben Franklin and the Armonica
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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