Fun & Games
Learn It!
Youth Organizations
Explore It!
- Internet Public Library’s Kidspace (Provided by OPLIN)
- Tumblebooks: Animated, talking picture books. Available in several languages-a great ESL tool for all ages!
- BookFlix: Scholastic's collection classic stories on video with nonfiction eBooks, to help young fiction readers discover new reading possibilities with nonfiction. For pre-kindergarten through third grade.
- Redwall: Brian Jacques' intricate fantasy world and the animals who live there.
- Fun Brain.com: Even more games to play!
- Free Arcade.com
- Play Kids Games: Games divided into categories for all ages.
- Bill Nye the Science Guy: Find some really cool science stuff in Bill Nye's lab.
- Nickelodeon: Games & more with SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, and more!
- Kids Jokes: Thousands of jokes of every kind for kids.
- Pokemon: The official website. Trading cards, games, and more.
Learn It!
- Homework Help: Use your GHPL card for online help from a tutor from 3-11 pm.
- World Book Early World of Learning: "Trek's Travels" offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more.
- AtoZ the USA: Great information for school projects. State, county, and city information for all 50 states and five territories of the US. Includes maps, gazetteer of places, images, symbols, art & culture, climate, crime, demographics, economy, education, and much more.
- American Library Association´s Great Sites: Get answers with hundreds of sites.
- Know It Now 24/7: Ask a Reference Librarian any question any time online. (GHPL card required)
- Internet Public Library: Homework help, math games, science fair projects ideas.
- KidsClick! Web searching for kids, compiled by librarians.
- Ask Jeeves for Kids: Ask any question, plus resources, games, and study tools.
- Awesome Library: Search the Internet, find homework help, and have fun!
Youth Organizations
Explore It!
- Know It Now 24/7: Ask a Reference Librarian any question any time online. (GHPL card required)
- World Book Kids (Provided by OPLIN)
- What Tree Is It?: Search Ohio trees by leaf, fruit, or name. (Provided by OPLIN)
- What's That Snake: See more than 30 kinds of snakes that live in Ohio. (Provided by OPLIN)
- What's The Point?: That pointy rock you found could be flint, carved by Ohio's prehistoric people and used for tools, weapons, and making fire. (Provided by OPLIN)
