Are you ready for a trip into deepest cyberspace? Inside that small computer lies a big, wide world to discover--and this is the coolest way to travel the information highway, the wildest system for surfing the web. Newcomers to the net will get a brightly and energetically illustrated introduction showing how to make the connection--with all the insider's lingo, a helping hand on doing searches, and directions on bookmarking favorite sites. Then the fun really begins when you're clued into super-smart ideas for finding what you want--like the names of great places to rollerblade or the theater with that hot new movie. Help scientists carry out their research; go where you aren't, via webcam; send e-mails to new friends everywhere; and maybe even track an alien! Whether you want to make a cyber-birthday card or design your own web page, you'll find the facts @ here!
Anne Rooney is a full-time author living in Cambridge, England, with a menagerie of animals and daughters. She sulks all winter and flourishes in the sunshine.
Before becoming a writer, she studied and taught medieval English and French literature. She writes short books for short children, longer books for longer children, and books of any length for adults, without regard to the size of the reader.
Her website is http://www.annerooney.co.uk. She blogs as Stroppy Author at http://stroppyauthor.blogspot.com and reviews picture books at www.writeaway.org. She is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and member of the Royal Literature Society, Society of Authors, Scattered Authors Society and National Union of Journalists.
