Grimm Fairy Tales II

If you really want to get to heart of the stories that the Brothers Grimm wrote, then there's no better source than this site. Short on graphics but long on content, this website offers 209 different stories by the brothers, presented in glorious black and white text. From Hansel and Gretel to The Valiant Little Tailor, all the stories are there, and, yes, the scary parts are intact. Have fun!

Guess Master

Do you enjoy guessing games? Guess Master, says the site, is the "home of Internet guessing games for all ages," and as far as I can tell that description is right on the money. The page boasts all sorts of guessing games, including Guess the Person, Guess the Animal, Guess the TV Show, and even Guess the Object. You think of an object and the site's Artificial Intelligence program tries to guess what it is. There are all sorts of variations on guessing games here as well, enough to keep the whole family guessing what will come next for a long time to come.

Foreign Mego

Everyone (well, okay, not everyone...) knows that Mego made 8" action figures in the United States in the 70's and 80's. But did you know that Mego also sold - or licensed other companies - to sell Mego action figures in a multitude of companies across the globe, including Japan, Canada, Mexico, England, Italy, Spain, and France? And these aren't necessarily just the same figures with different packaging, either. In England, for example, Mego released Space: 1999 action figures through Palitoy that never appeared in the States. Visit the Foreign Mego website and learn all about Megos in other countries, including pantsless Planet of the Apes figures in Mexico. (I guess they figures that since apes in the zoo didn't wear pants that Planet of the Apes figures shouldn't either. Of course, they had shirts, shoes, and even guns, so who knows?)

Grimm Fairy Tales

Some of the original Grimm fairy tales were, well, grim. I mean, come on, how many times do witches get burned alive in ovens in children's stories these days? Not many. Which means it's no surprise that this site, which offers up richly detailed animated stories, avoids all the nasty stuff. Still, it's a fun site, and the kid's will love it. Though they'd probably love the nasty stuff even more.