• Babysitting Business "University of Illinois' guide to the Business of Babysittting. This handy online how-to covers all the essentials, including what to ask parents and how to ensure your safety and the safety of the children under your care."
• American Red Cross: Babysitter's Training Course "The American Red Cross offers babysitting training through their local chapters. To find a class in your town, follow the local chapter link, and enter your zip code in the search box. Although the class is not offered online, the American Red Cross site does provide eight valuable printables, such as a three-page Babysitter's Report Record (an easy way to communicate successes, problems and telephone messages with parents) and a one-page Family Information Card (important data and phone numbers for parents to leave for a sitter.)" (STW)
• Googolplex: From Babies to Bucks "Googolplex is an online magazine for teens, from University Credit Union, with an emphasis on making money. This page deals with treating your babysitting as a business. Visit to learn about creating a business plan (How often do you want to babysit?), finding investors (who will pay for a first-aid class?) and advertising. Click on any of the brown-highlighted phrases to view more details in a popover window." (STW)
• Kids' Turn Central: Babysitting '"A good babysitter is: mature, trustworthy, patience, safety-consciousness, organized, prepared, fun and punctual. If you feel you have these qualities you may be cut out to babysit." The Kids' Turn Central introduces babysitting with five pages about finding jobs, safety, and keeping the kids busy. Best clicks are the five printable checklists that should be filled out before you sit. They include General Information, Children's Information, Safety Information, Emergency Numbers, and About You (a place for the sitter to leave phone numbers and other contact data for the parents.)' (STW)
• College and Scholarship Information College ratings, where to get scholarships, etc.
• CU Succeed Resources Offers articles and resources for teens about management of personal finances. Includes downloadable budget spreadsheets, a financial glossary, and online calculators for loans, savings, auto loans, and credit card payoffs. Features articles written by teenagers on buying a car, choosing a college, finding a job, tracking expenses, and related topics. From a credit union league partnership that assists "credit unions in the United States and Canada in attracting teen members." (LII)
• Game Cheats (RB)
• Gurl just for girls.
• High School Hub "Academic Resources for High School Students"
• Tools for Beginning Jobseekers help in creating your resume and tips on interviewing. (LII)
• Living with Parents everything you need to know about living with those older people in your house.
• Hackley Public Library's "Off the Wall" creative writing contest. Information on this year's contest and last year's winners.
• National Youth Development Information Center "The site is designed to function as a place for youth workers to look through information on funding, programming, research, policy, and job training opportunities." (SR)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Skateboard Science [RealPlayer G2] "This new exhibit from the Exploratorium lets users in on the techniques and equipment skateboarders use to seemingly bend the law of gravity."
• Student Exchange Program Sponsored by Rotary International, this site is great if you are thinking about going on an exchange program.
• Studentjobs.gov "Federal government employment opportunities for high school and college students. Search options include employment type (for example, summer employment or internship), geographic location, and salary. Includes profiles of government agencies with job listings in the database, as well as links to agencies that aren't required to post listings in the database. Also offers options to create a profile to receive job matches by e-mail, submit a resume or get noticed by potential employers." (LII)
• Teen Gov "TeenGOV is designed to teach teenagers (and adults!) the relationship between the branches of government, how they work together, and how they can become involved in the entire process."
• Teen Workers "teen worker safety and health information, as well as facts about teenager rights and responsibilities while working." (LII)
• Webmonkey Learn how to create web pages

• Adolescent Health "Fact sheets, data, and other material about adolescent health topics such as injuries, alcohol and drug use, sexual behaviors, nutrition and obesity, skin cancer, and youth violence. Includes background on the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010, and links to related websites. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." (LII)
• AMA: Adolescent Health "Fact sheets, publications, and other resources about health concerns affecting adolescents. Topics include injury prevention, violence and bullying, nutrition and physical fitness, mental health, and teen pregnancy. Newsletter articles are only available to members, but the other publications and resources are available for free download. Includes links to related websites. From the American Medical Association (AMA)." (LII)
• CDC National Prevention Information Network grades 9-12, college. From the Centers for Disease Control. Tons of information on STDs.
• Iwannaknow.org grades 7-12. From the American Social Health Association. Lots of facts, plus some fun stuff.
• KidsHealth for Teens grades 7-12. From Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health. Short articles about diet, stress, etc.
• 4 Girls Health "This site for adolescent girls offers basic information about puberty, fitness, mental health, nutrition, healthy relationships, safety, and substance abuse prevention." (LII)
• Pregnancy has consequences
• The Science Behind Drug Abuse from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. (LII)
• MindZone a mental health site for teens. "offers personal stories and suggests strategies for coping with mental health disorders." (LII)
• Tips for Teens: The Truth About Inhalants Information on "substances or fumes from products such as glue or paint thinner that are sniffed or 'huffed' to cause an immediate high." From the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. (LII)
• Tips for Teens about Steroids find out about steroids and what they do.
• Young Women's Resource Center from Boston Children's Hospital (LII)

• FBI for teens

• ALA's Teen Reading
• Books in Series and Sequels From Bettendorf Public Library.
• Reading Lists for Teens
• International Reading Association: Choices Booklists best books chosen by kids, teachers, and young adults. (LII)
• No Flying, No Tights graphic novel reviews. (LII)
• Flamingnet "At Flamingnet, a father and son team from Baltimore manage a team of student reviewers that read current books and prepubs (books that are not out yet) for preteens and teens. Books are rated on a scale from 1 to 10, and some are given a smiley face content rating. Click the "What's this?" link below the yellow smiley faces to learn what the different ratings mean. The site also has a civil war section (wish they explained why), and a bulletin board for posting comments on any of the reviewed books." (STN)
• Reader's Club: Teen Corner "The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has created a whopper of a "guide to enjoyable books." The reviews are organized (as librarians are prone to do) into twenty-two categories such as Action/Adventure or Humor/Satire. Highlights of the site are Celebrity Book Reviews, a form to submit your own 100-word book review, author interviews, and a personal reading log (requires free registration). After all this, if you are still stumped about what to read next, the nice librarians will send you a few personal recommendations if you tell them what books and authors you like (click on What to Read.)" (STN)
• Teen Ink: Books "Teen Ink is a website and print magazine "devoted entirely to teenage writing and art." Their book reviews section contains more than 600 reviews written by teens. Unfortunately they are only browse-able in reverse chronological order, or alphabetically, so it is impossible to peruse a specific genre. Best click is the form to submit your own reviews. In addition to books, Teen Ink accepts movie, music and college reviews." (STN)
• Teenreads.com "THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!" (SR)
• Teen Angst Books " "a comfortable place for teen readers themselves, as well as to provide down-to-earth perspectives on YA [young adult] literature for the adults in their lives." Includes book reviews sorted by genre categories, interviews with authors, a message board (requires free registration), and links to related sites. From a publishing professional and editor." (LII)
• YA Books Central Blog "Do you like books? Love books? Are you entranced by authors? Do you want to write? Need homework help? You've come to the right place" (LS)
• Books in Series
• Books in Series at Amazon.com
• Science Fiction Series
• Series Book Links
• The Series Bookcase
• Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror reviews, booklists, articles from SF magazine.
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events an "Incomplete Guide to Lemony Snicket Allusions" (LII)

A Note To Parents

Please remember that the Internet and the Web contain many different kinds of material, and its links can carry one to many different places. Hackley Public Library is not responsible for what one sees or reads once beyond the boundaries of the Kids Page. Parents should watch where their children journey... One of the best sources for parents is an informational pamphlet "Child Safety on the Information Highway", found at The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association. Once at their site, choose Education and Resources, then NCMEC Online and Publications List.

To see the review sources used see our Review Source Page

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