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While working puzzles, answering quizzes, and learning new words, you’ll learn about Shakespeare, his plays, and Elizabethan England.

Recognizes the most distinguished informational picture book published in English.

Fun science games and interactive videos. Games include “Let’s fly”, “Red Light / Green Light”, “Weather Surprise”, “Snowflake Match”, and more. Give it a try!

Yeah, this is a magazine, but you don’t have to pay anything to view their website, and there is a lot of really good, basic inforamtion about astronomy, including topics like: “Words Ya Gotta Know”, “How to Start Right in Astronomy”, “Names of the Stars”, and more.

This site is sponsored by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Great background on the history of the “Space Race” between the United States and the Soviet Union. Great images and a clear and simple explanation.

Where kids can play free reading games and activities with their parents, teachers, and caregivers.

Enjoy Thousands of free titles available only in the Palace app! Not a Member of Vernon Free Library? Call the library to become a member over the phone (802-257-0150) or email us at vernonfreelibrary@comcast.net.

You didn’t think there was any science to baseball? Think again! Check your reaction time to see if you could hit a baseball thrown at 95 miles per hour. Other fun stuff including activities and experiments.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. And get this…it’s developed by none other than the CIA – the Central Intelligence Agency. Good stuff.

Need a little more help with school work or wishing to educationally occupy your kids then this site is full of free educational worksheets for PreK to Grade 5.

Instructions for making fake blood, a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin, dry ice fog – even fake ectoplasm! Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you’ll find links to ideas for costumes, food, even a “mad scientist party”!