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Stuff to See: Visit the story; find amazing places to
visit. Fantastic stuff to see and places to visit on every one of
our story
pages...
The World's
Largest Aquarium
Visit the World's Largest Aquarium.
The Georgia Aquarium. See their web cams and visit their fish guide
(though we don't think you'll find the rare Egg Carton Crab). From
the story "Emily's trip to the
Aquarium."
Take Care of Your
Dust Bunnies
Learn the Care and
Feeding of Dust Bunnies at, where else, dustbunnies.com. Share
the love. From the story "Dust Bunnies."
Paper Boats You
can Sail In
Learn about full-sized
Real Paper Boats at "Ken's 19th
Century paper technology page" that people used to sail and ride
in. (No kidding!) Maybe not the best life rafts. From the story
"Charlie's Rainy
Day."
Amazing Art
Wander The
Getty in Malibu, California. Home of Van Gogh's "Irises," and
Monet's "Still Life with Flowers and Fruit," and a lot of other
truly amazing stuff. From the story "Emily Visits the Art
Museum."
Giant Animal
Paintings
Visit Oudry's Painted
Menagerie. See these wondrous paintings, listen to an audio
overview and even play with the animals. From the story "Emily Visits the Art
Museum."
Your Night
Sky
Learn how to Identify
Common Constellations in your night sky at quietbay.net. From
"Camping with
Charlie."
Tell Good Bedtime
Stories
There are key elements to
telling a good bedtime (or any) story. The goal may be to help them
sleep, but there are many other benefits to telling stories at
bedtime... Learn how to Tell Good
Bedtime Stories at Essortment. (It's a quick read.) From the story
"Emily's Very Own
Bedtime Story."
No More Messy
Room..?
Well, how about a place
where you can learn How To Organize
Everything (even Charlie's room). Ah, Zen is finallly at hand.
From the story " Charlie's Messy
Room."
The Archive of
Flexible Portion Controlled Condiment Packets
Organization to the extreme:
Visit the Condiment Packet
Gallery. The visual "archive of flexible portion controlled
condiment packets." Searchable by type and category. (I give out
condiment packs to the kids who aren't wearing costumes on
Halloween.) From the story "Charlie's Messy
Room."
The New York
Lions..?
Visit one of the most famous
libraries in the world; the New York
Public Library. Browse their digital collections of audio and
digital books, photographs and graphics, kids collections, and so
much more. Oh, and find out just why those lions are so
famous... From the story "Emily Visits the
Library."
The Old English
Sheepdog (you know you want one)
"Old English Sheepdogs greet
everyone like a long-lost buddy..." Learn all about the Old English
Sheepdog in this article at Old English Sheepdog
Rescue of Southern California. From the story "Charlie and Ruby (the brave)."
Mythical
Creatures
Visit the Mythic Creatures Exhibit at the American Museum of
Natural History in New York City. Play the "Mythic Creatures"
matching game, download your own "Mythic Creatures" stationery and
much more. From the story "The Book of Beasts."
The Robot
Zoo
How's this for a Zoological
Garden: Tour the Robot Zoo, which reveals the
biomechanics of giant robot animals to illustrate how real animals
work, at the Tech Museum of Innovatioin. From the story "Uncle James, or
the Purple Stranger."
Really Bad
Jokes
Visit the Kid's Humor Library at #1 All Kids Humor
(family safe fun). From the story "Really Bad Jokes."
The World's
Largest Hat Collection
Home of the Guinness World's
Record World's Largest
Hat Collection at the Tustumena Lodge in Kasilof, Alaska. From
the story "Charlie's Hats."
What is the
Jabberwock?
Okay, I think we can all
agree that a Jabberwock is some sort of dragon; but what's a tove
and when was the last time you gyred or gimbled? Learn All About Carroll's
Poem "Jaberwocky" at, where else, alice-in-wonderland.net. From
the story "Jabberwocky."
Pet Bunnies
Learn All About Pet Bunnies at mybunnies.com. For
even more bunnyopedic knowledge, check out the House Rabbit Society. From the story
"Kathy, The Bunny Queen."
(I just noticed that there's a midnight movie on TV tonight...
"Night of the Lepus" (1972), starring Stewart Whitman and Janet
Leigh. Here's the synopsis: "A rancher tries to stop king-sized
hopped-up carniverous rabbits as they roar through Arizona." Time
to make the popcorn..!)
The World Burping
Association
Oh, you just knew it was
coming... Visit the World
Burping Association and you too can "discover how fun and
entertaining burping can be." Um, their words, not ours. The
internet is an amazing place, isn't it..? From the story "Hiccup, the Burping
Dog."
Ogden Nash
Online
"If called by a panther, don't anther." Read more of Ogden Nash's poems and short stories at Ogden Nash Online. From the story "Quips & Quotes: Philosophy 103 for Kids."
"If called by a panther, don't anther." Read more of Ogden Nash's poems and short stories at Ogden Nash Online. From the story "Quips & Quotes: Philosophy 103 for Kids."
What Lives in a
Tree?
"What Lives in a
Tree?" is an easy science project that lets kids discover a
tree's smallest inhabitants (gee, mom's just going to love this
one). When you shake a tree, you never know what will fall out in
this easy kids' activity. From the story "Charlie and Ted
the Space Guy."
Amazing Paper
Hats
Note: Currently
off-line... Check out a few of the artist Moses' Paper Hat
Creations at Mr. Paper's blog. "This is Mr. Paper. A place to
talk about paper..." From the story "Charlie's Hats."
Dragonatomy..?
Learn how to draw your own
dragon! Find out all about Dragon Anatomy and
Muscular Structure at the Fantasy Art Resource Project. From
the StoryRhyme.com Original Story "The Andrew Mason
Illustrated Field Guide to Unknown Dragons."
