Toys, games

www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/inventions

http://www.home.howstuffworks.com

www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/index.html

www.hants.gov.uk/museum/toys/history/toy_cars.html

www.vam.ac.uk/moc

www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/index.html

www.yo-yo.com

www.mattel.com/our_toys

How to sort and shelve

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~valmstrum/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.html

Recycling, wearable art

http://catwalkarts.com/wordpress/designer/

http://www.greenwala.com/community/groups/all/118-Eco-Fashion-Beat/topics/525

trashion, trash to fashion

Great website for illustrators

Tribute to Where the Wild Things Are

http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/

Good Rainforest site

http://schools.rainforestsos.org/free-resources/rainforest-multimedia

Needs watching for older content, i.e. 16 yr olds

Coming Event

Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children's Authors and Illustrators

Free Family Day

When? 30 August, 2009 , 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.

What? Dramas based on picture books, author appearances, book readings, illustration demonstrations and cartooning, art, craft, fun activities, Jane from' Jane and the Dragon', Narnia and The Wotwots from Weta Workshops, writing competitions.

Kids Lit Quiz, Story Sports.

Dylan Horrocks, Richard Taylor, Margaret Mahy, Brian Falkner.