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NASA Education for Kids & Students

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Find fun and interesting hands-on activities, games, and more for kids and students, grades K-4 and all the way to college.

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Newspapers.com

Search 788 million+ pages with Newspapers.com™ for obituaries, birth announcements, marriage records, news, and more. Easily discover, save, & share the stories that connect you with your past. Includes Meriden newspapers.
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NY Times Best Sellers

Browse the current list of the most popular books in the United States, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and more best sellers.
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Open Culture

Open Culture has free textbooks, online courses, and many other free kids' educational resources including video lessons, apps, books, etc.
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Open Library

Open Library
The ultimate goal of the Open Library is to make all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world. So far, it has surpassed 20 million book records.
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Palace Project

The Palace Project is your one-stop digital library solution. Palace is a free, easy-to-use eReader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library.
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PBS Kids

PBS Kids is a website that is designed for children and offers a wide variety of educational games, videos, and activities.
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PBS Learning Media for Students

PBS LearningMedia offers FREE educational resources for PreK–12 educators and students.
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researchIT CT

Connecticut’s source for free online resources such as journals, magazines, newspaper articles, eBooks, and eAudiobooks.
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Scholastic StudyJams!

StudyJams! is a place for kids to learn, review, and practice science and math topics.
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SciGirls

A PBS site for girls interested in science. SciGirls includes games, project ideas, videos, and more.
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StoryGraph

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The StoryGraph: "Because life's too short for a book you're not in the mood for." Track your reading by creating an account, and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.
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Storyline Online

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s two-time Emmy®-nominated and award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
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Student Dictionary for Kids

Search an online dictionary written specifically for young students.
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Whichbook

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"A new way of choosing what book to read next."  Use their unique mood and emotion search to find great books with exactly the flavor you've asked for.

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