Reference Tools for Kids

A growing set of tools and utilities for kids -- designed to aid students with their research - quotes, history, science, math, acronyms, quotations, proverbs...

Our editors have carefully selected quotations for children. You may either read random quotes or you can search for a quote on a specific topic, from a famous person or literary source. You can also browse sources here. In our database of over 12,000 quotes for kids your are sure to find what your are looking for.

History

History for kids. Enter a date, see the events linked to it. Enter a keyword about an event and know more. You can find events from the ancient world to the modern. What happened when? A compendium of events associated with any day in history with relevant facts.

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Kids' Acronym Finder

Search through our dictionary of thousands of acronyms, initialism and acronyms: You may either search for the full form of an acronym or search for an acronym by key words.

Proverbs for Kids

Every language is a storehouse of fascinating proverbs that say a lot about the ways of life in the briefest possible manner. Our editors have selected some for children from different languages – English, Tamil, Hindi, and many more. Some are funny, some are deadly serious...