Internet -- Friend or Foe? Book series, Adventures of E-Wally" introduces a powerful hero for kids born with a mouse in one hand and a keyboard in the other!

Critical concerns of parents, teachers and the department of Education : Kids' safety on the Internet, increased reading and writing proficiency and technology integration in the curriculum. The "Adventures of E-Wally" fills the bill with a one-of-a-kind book and website. Second book in the series will launch October 1 with an online QUEST. http://www.e-wally.org/quest Teachers can register now at no cost.

Internet -- Friend or Foe? Book series, Adventures of E-Wally" introduces a powerful hero for kids born with a mouse in one hand and a keyboard in the other!

After a whirlwind year, the first adventure myth set in the Internet, E-WALLY AND THE QUEST (Shasek & Schulz, invenTEAM 2002, ISBN 0-9711818-0-2) introduced tens of thousands of young people to a hero for their times. Young E-Wally, an e-mail delivery boy, discovers he has a Quest. He must save his people from evil, villains, wild search engine spiders and mutant computer viruses. With the help of his human friends, Justin and Ruthie, the story weaves a tale of safe and responsible Internet habits and adventure. On October 1, 2003 the second book in the series, E-Wally and the Renegades, will be released. Woven into the adventure are models of chat room safety, anti-piracy message and the power on children to make a difference.
Teachers, students and families can celebrate this launch by participating in an online Quest. Children can design a quest of their own, helping someone at home, school or in the community -- just like E-Wally. A huge menu of options that promote 21st Century Learning skills, technology integration and other key Department of Education goals are found at the QUEST (http://www.e-wally.org/quest) Teachers will love the vast online curriculum resource available at no cost (and with no advertising) at www.e-wally.org . The books are a favorite read of children ages 8-13, they clamored for more immediately upon finishing the first book -- so will educators and families.