Crazy About Pets?

Petplace.com IS crazy about pets! With a library of over 10,000 veterinarian approved articles they offer the largest and most complete source of pet information available anywhere. They not only offer the most comprehensive resource for pet health and wellness, but they also have over 4,000 heartwarming “Pet Stories” that will make you, laugh, cry and feel good inside.

Improve Your Vocabulary And Spelling With The Daily Jumble

You’ve seen the Daily Jumble game in the newspaper, now you can play online for free.

http://www.uclickgames.com/jumble/online/daily/tmjmf

Online Learning Games For Kids

Looking for something your kids can do over the holiday break besides reading books? Game Classroom is the next generation of homework help. They scoured the web for the best and most trustworthy educational games with the single goal of providing students, parents and teachers with the best interactive homework help the web has to offer! The games are focused on math and language arts and can be selected based on the student’s grade level.

http://www.gameclassroom.com/

Rubik’s Cube Solution

Ever since its invention in 1974, a Rubik’s Cube has been a very popular stocking stuffer. If you happen to receive one, or you already have one, and you want to know how to solve the puzzle before you spend countless hours trying to figure it, try the official Rubik’s Cube site.

http://www.rubiks.com/

Got Kids Who Love Mysteries?

If you’ve got some kids hanging around who love mysteries and you can’t get to the Library to borrow some of our terrific mystery books, then check out Mystery Net’s Kids Mysteries. The site offers short mysteries, chillers, magic tricks and even mysteries written by other kids. There are also reading suggestions for books for your next trip to the Library.

http://kids.mysterynet.com/

Yahoo Games

It’s Friday, the last day in July, go ahead and have some frivolous fun. Try out some of the free games avalable at Yahoo Games. There’s crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, scrabble and many, many others.

http://games.yahoo.com/

Dolphins Blowing Bubble Rings

Enough about swine. Watch this YouTube video and be amazed yet again about the brilliance of the dolphin brain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5us-v4bntP8

Babygadget

We came across the Babygadget blog and thought it would be ideal to pass along in time for Mother’s Day gift shopping and to help out parents every other day of the year. Babygadget highlights “contemporary finds for modern tots.” We thought the giant Post-It pad table was brilliant.

http://www.babygadget.net/

New 2009 Connecticut Vacation Guide Now Available

Affordable family fun, close-by escapes, overnight getaways and 248 free things to do are at the tip of your fingers in the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism’s 2009 Connecticut Vacation Guide.

Connecticut residents and visitors may obtain a free copy of the 2009 Connecticut Vacation Guide by calling 1-888-CTvisit or visiting CTVisit.com. The guide will also be available at arts, historic and cultural attractions, tourism welcome centers, tourism regions and libraries.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodore Geisel, was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He wrote some of the most wonderfully imaginative and beloved books for children. At the time of his death in 1991, he had sold over 200 million books and sales continue to climb every year. Take a visit to Seussville, his official website.

http://www.seussville.com/main.php?section=home&isbn=&catalogID=&eventID=