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Shiny Magazine is an e-zine of Young Adult speculative fiction.

Shiny Magazine is an e-zine of Young Adult speculative fiction.

Story Station is the home of fun stories for kids and adults, stories that can be read online or printed out to be shared with classrooms or families. The site is part of ViaTouch.com, a producer of software and resources for education.

Story Station is the home of fun stories for kids and adults, stories that can be read online or printed out to be shared with classrooms or families. The site is part of ViaTouch.com, a producer of software and resources for education.

Self-defined as an "SF, fantasy, and 'eww' gross zine for kids." Published monthly by Sam's Dot Publishing, this online magazine is broadly aimed at 8 to 17 year olds.

From the creators: "A podcast about children's books we love and why we love them." Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast that promotes, and celebrates, literacy.

A blog written by an English home-schooling mother of two. Reviews the books they read during family time, mostly middle-grades and up.

Grammy-winning children's artists, these folk singer/songwriter's have sung at the White House Easter Egg Roll, appeared on National Public Radio (NPR), and entertained at hundreds of folk festivals across the country. Their site features the "Song Shop" -- an interactive section for kids and parents with a blog, activities, games, pictures, and more.

Peter Alsop is a nationally known singer-songwriter, educator and humorist. He has produced nineteen audio recordings and seven videos and dvd's for which he consistently wins "Best Children's" awards from Parents' Choice and the Association For Independent Music. His songs are used by parents, educators, and human service professionals to help families discuss sensitive issues.

Known to those of us "of a certain age" as the younger brother of singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, Tom Chapin has the same remarkable talents for music and songmanship that his brother had, especially when it comes to songs for children. His family albums have been recognized with awards from the American Library Association, Parents’ Choice, the New York Music Awards, the National Association of Parenting Publications and Parents Magazine. Five of his family recordings have received Grammy nominations for Best Musical Album For Children and Billboard magazine calls him “the best family artist around.”He has also narrated a number of children’s books on tape, and three of his narrations won Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Mama Don’t Allow in 2001, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly in 2002, and The Train They Call The City Of New Orleans in 2004.