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Children's Magazines Babybug The Cricket Magazine Group, P.O. Box 7437, Red Oak, IA 51591-2437 (http://www.cricketmag.com/cgi-bin/cricket.cgi?tpl=home) Board-book magazine with illustrated rhymes and stories for parents to read with children ages 6 months to 2 years. Sesame Street Magazine, Children's Television Workshop, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023 (http://www.ctw.org/sesamestreet/ or http://www.ctw.org/aboutus/newsletter.php) Sesame Street characters are featured in stories, poems, puzzles, posters and more. (Ages 2 to 6 years) Your Big Back Yard, National Wildlife Federation, 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22184 (http://www.nwf.org/backyardbuddies/kzPage.cfm) Includes stories, poems, riddles, and games, with color pictures of animals. Simple text designed to encourage early reading. (Ages 3 to 6 years)

Computer Programs Living Books: Interactive Animated Stories (Ages 3­7) These programs provide a place for children to hear a story, read along with the narrator, or read by themselves. They also can interact with characters and objects and play games that teach the alphabet, simple words, rhyming, and other reading skills. Each program also comes with the matching book. Some examples of titles: Just Grandma and Me The Cat and the Hat Arthur's Birthday Dr. Seuss's ABC Many include versions in Spanish, French, and German along with the English text. For more information, contact: Broderbund Software, Inc. 500 Redwood Boulevard P. O. Box 6121 Novato, CA 94948-6121 Toll Free: 1-800-567-2610 http://www.broder.com Bailey's Book House (Ages 2­5) From Edmark, this software features Bailey and his friends as they encourage young children to build literacy skills and develop a love for reading. It includes activities to help youngsters explore letters, words, sentences, rhyming, and stories. No reading skills are required; all directions are spoken. Let's Go Read! An Island Adventure (Ages 4­7) Children join Robby Raccoon and his friends in their adventures on an island inhabited by the alphabet. Included are activities to help children learn reading basics such as letter sounds and how to sound out and build simple words. Children can command the computer with their voices and record and listen to themselves reading. For more information, including Spanish titles and a catalog for children with special needs, contact: Edmark Software P.O. Box 97021 Redmond, WA 98073-9721 Toll Free: 1-800-362-2890 http://www.edmark.com

Young Children and the Internet: Places To Learn and Play Arthur: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/ Barney: http://www.barneyonline.com Disney: http://www.disney.com Dr. Seuss's Seussville: http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/university/ PBS Homepage: http://www.pbs.org/kids/ Children's Television Workshop: http://www.ctw.org Alex's Scribbles: http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/ Smithsonian Institution-National Zoo: http://netzoo.si.edu Story Hour: The Internet Public Library: http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/storyhour/ Kids on the Web (for all ages): http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html

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