About the Library

General

Caricature Zone - Have some fun with celebrity caricatures and games.

The Color Test - Test your brain's ability to distinguish colors.

Concept Cars: Prototype Vehicles - Interested in the new cars?  See them before they hit the assembly line.

Cookie Recipes - Find a favorite cookie, or discover a new one.

The Dumb Network: Dumb Laws - Did you know that it is illegal to make faces at dogs in Normal, Illinois?  Read more dumb laws still in existance.

FamilyFun - "Great ideas. Practical advice.  Fun stuff to do."

Ingenious - "A new website that brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into science and culture. It weaves unusual and thought-provoking connections between people, innovations and ideas.  Drawing on the resources of NMSI site contains over 30,000 images which are used to illustrate over 30 different subjects, topics and debates."

J.K. Rowling Official site - Games, information, activities about the Harry Potter books.

The Museum of Hoaxes - "Test your pop culture literacy by trying to guess which are the hoax photos (i.e. those that have been manipulated in some way) and which are real."

Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena - All kinds of phenomena both static & animated, compete with explanations. An excellent site!

Transl8it! - Confused about what your teen is saying online?  This site will translate terms into plain English.

 

COMICS

Comics.com - Many of the favorite comic strips.

DC Comics - Includes many of the popular comic book heroes. 

Seattle Times Comics - More comics.

 

E-ZINES

CyberKids - A magazine for and by kids.  Contains stories, artwork, puzzles and more.

A Girl's World.com - Especially for girls 7-15.

Smithsonian Magazine's Kids' Castle - A cool site for kids.

 

GAMES

City Creator - Build a city using the palettes provided.

CoolMath4Kids - Games involving math.

Image Quiz -  A series of seemingly unrelated images- what do they have in common?

Lego Worlds - Includes links to a variety of games for a variety of ages and abilities, as well as information about the popular building toy.

Life Savers Candystand - Games of all kinds.

Magic Eye - Fun with stereograms.

Nascar.com Games - All kinds of games based on the world of NASCAR.

Operation Slaps  - The old schoolyard game where you try to slap your opponent's hands without getting hit yourself.

Prongo - Educational games for all ages.

Sodaplay - Lines, geometric shapes seem almost real.  Play with the existing ones, or make your own.

SwitchZoo - Make your own animals by combining various parts of several critters.

Text Twist - "Twist your mind around a very challenging word game in which you form words from the letters provided." (Very addicting!)

 

HUMOR

Goonerisms Spalore! - Some spoonerisms ("n. the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident.")

 Ripley's Believe It or Not - The original oddities museum.

 

MEDIA

Movies

    Disney Pictures

Radio

    WBGL - (Champaign, IL) Features Contemporary Christian music.

    WGNN/ WGNJ - (Fisher, IL) "Great News Radio"

     WIXY - (Champaign, IL) "Today's Country Favorites"

    WLS-AM Talk Radio - (Chicago) Discover the people behind the voices.

    WPXN Radio - (Paxton, IL) "Music you want, information you need."

Television

ABC

ABC Family

CBS

Discovery

Disney

ESPN

History Channel

NBC

Nickelodeon

PBS

Sy-Fi

USA

 

 

RECREATION

Disney Corporation - A guide to the "Wonderful World" of Disney, including Disneyland and Disneyworld, as well as movies and television.

G.O.R.P. (Great Outdoor Recreation Pages) - Guide to many sites that feature outdoor activities.

Hardy's Reindeer Ranch - Located in Rantoul, Illinois, this ranch features a herd of Alaskan reindeer, a corn maze & other activities.

LocalHikes - Hiking trails near U.S. metropolitan areas.

National Park Service - Information about all of our National Parks.

Roller Coaster Database - Everything you ever wanted to know about roller coasters!

Take Me Fishing - A website dedicated to the fun of boating and fishing.

USDA Forest Service - Maps of the National Forests.

Updated 06/30/11 by M. Dulaney