NOW KIDS HAVE THEIR OWN GUIDE TO THE INTERNET

Exploring Cyberspace Has Never Been So Easy or Safe!

Berkeley, CA, April 16, 1996-From Osborne/McGraw-Hill, the publishers of
the original Internet Yellow Pages, comes a version just for kids and
families" The Internet Kids Yellow Pages, Special Edition, offers a wealth
of child-safe destinations for preschoolers to teens. There is also an
extensive collection of resources on Families and Parenting, as well as
Education and Homeschooling. Modeled after the original Internet Yellow
Pages, this guidebook is jam-packed with more than 1,800 engaging and
entertaining listings, organized alphabetically so they are easy and fun
to use. 

Written in simple, child-friendly language, The Internet Kids Yellow Pages
contains carefully selected and annotated lists of quality Internet
destinations, chosen by author Jean Armour Polly and her team of
professional librarians, teachers, and Internet specialists. No violent or
sexually explicit Internet sites here-just a bounty of educational,
entertaining, and kid-safe topics. 

Polly drew on her experience as librarian, Internet pioneer, and mother in
order to capture the right blend of resources for family use. "I believe
kids belong on the Net-but I know that there are places on the Net I would
not want my son to go without me, just as there are places in the city
where I live that I wouldn't let him go alone. So, driven by the types of
questions I used to answer at the public library reference desk, I set out
to find sites that were either built expressly for children, or places
where people of any age could find value."

The Internet Kids Yellow Pages offers a treasure chest of addresses on
topics such as pen pals, sports, dinosaurs, science, pets, math, cars,
toys, books, and much, much more! Kids can: 

* Visit other states or countries around the world 
* Exchange art and letters with kids worldwide 
* Visit a dinosaur museum in Hawaii 
* Watch a hurricane move across the planet in real time 
* Control an interactive model train in Germany 

According to Scott Rogers, Osborne/McGraw-Hill's executive editor, "The
Internet has become phenomenally popular with kids, but-quite rightly-most
parents want to ensure that their children only tap into safe, appropriate
information. That's why we knew their was a need for The Internet Kids
Yellow Pages, and why we were thrilled when someone of Jean's renown
brought her project to us. Her unique background makes her the perfect
resource for showing young Net surfers where to go on the Internet for
fun, interesting, and kid-safe topics." 

To help these young computer users learn even more about the Internet, the
book includes an assortment of illustrated "Net Files" with questions and
answers that provide an entertaining way of learning about, and navigating
around, the Internet. 

The Internet Kids Yellow Pages, Special Edition, is softcover, 400 pages.
Suggested retail price: $19.95. ISBN: 0-07-882197-5. For orders only,
phone 1-800-822-8158. Other titles in the series include the best-selling
Internet Yellow Pages, now in its third edition with more than one million
copies in print; The Internet Science, Research, and Technology Yellow
Pages; and The Internet Health, Fitness, and Medicine Yellow Pages. 

Jean Armour Polly is an internationally recognized expert on the Internet
from a user's point of view. First to use the phrase "Surfing the
Internet," she is one of the first of two women elected to the Internet
Society Board of Trustees. She is currently an author, speaker, and
consultant, as well as the co-moderator of PUBLIB, the Internet discussion
list for public librarians. Polly is the former Director of Public
Services and Internet Ambassador at NYSERNet, Inc., and was a public
librarian for 16 years. Polly lives in New York State-and her ten-year-old
son has a direct connection to the Internet in his bedroom. 

Osborne/McGraw-Hill, headquartered in Berkeley, California, is a leading
publisher of computer books that include user and reference guides for
people at all levels of computer and software proficiency. Known for its
best-selling Internet titles-The Internet Complete Reference and The
Internet Yellow Pages-as well as its Busy People and Oracle Press series,
Osborne/McGraw-Hill also has established strategic publishing
relationships with the Corel Corporation, the Oracle Corporation, Stream
International, and several well-known McGraw-Hill magazines including LAN
Times and BYTE. A division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Osborne/McGraw-Hill is targeting consumer support, emerging technologies,
and innovative applications for developing future computer books. 

Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2600 Tenth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
510-549-6600,  Fax: 510-549-6603,   orders: 800-227-0900
 
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