Wantagh Public Library Virtual Children's Room Databases
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Tumblebooks
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks, animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
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Infotrac Junior Edition - K-12
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids Infobits
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Ebsco Animals
Help your students discover the wild world of animals through our Encyclopedia of Animals™. This extensive database provides students with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.
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Novelist K-8
This fiction database contains 38,000 titles aimed at the K-8 population
and allows you to search by title, author, series and theme or topic. It also provides
full-text reviews and booktalks and includes picture books, children's chapter books
and young adult titles.
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Searchasaurus
Seachasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.
This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
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World Book Kids Online
A revolutionary site for younger students that infuses creativity and wonder in learning.
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