World Language Resources
CultureGrams (Get an insider's perspective on a specific country -- daily life, recipes, history, customs, famous people, videos, interviews, comparison graphs and tables.) Username is arthursms and Password is trenton
Britannica School (Search for encyclopedia article on individual country; then, to the left of the article click on "Web's Best Sites" to go directly to sites like CIA World Fact Book, National Geographic, etc.)
Nations Online (Scroll down and click on a country for a virtual guide including official websites for that country, maps, arts/culture, news sources from that country, educational institutions, transportation, city guides, products, parks/attractions, etc.)
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (The Spanish version of World Book Kids)
Best Spanish Websites from Jim Becker at the University of Iowa (Long list of links for teachers and students of Spanish, these include culture, games, vocabulary and more)
The International Children's Digital Library is an online collection of children's books available in over 50 languages - search by language/age level and then read the full text of the book online.
The Spanish Experiment - Well-known children's stories translated into Spanish and spoken by a native Spanish speaker. Read along in Spanish or English.