The World Wide Web for Kids & Parents

This book makes surfing the Web a family experience filled with exciting surprises throughout, including lots of fun-filled activities. The text discusses how to use the most popular browsers, like Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer, including important navigating basics.

Despite variations in the titles of these three books from IDG, publisher of the popular "Dummies" series, they are essentially all software reviews focused on different age groups. Miranker and Elliott (The Computer Museum Guide to the Best Software for Kids, HarperCollins, 1995) focus on stand-alone software for kids aged two to 12. Dixon focuses on stand-alone software for teens. Mohta focuses on webware for grade schoolers and teens. I don't expect these books actually will appeal to kids or teens. Teachers, librarians, and parents, however, will turn to them as useful reference tools. Copyright 1998 Library Journal Reviews