Pumpkin Carving; Flash | Metafilter
Metafilter has a pumpkin carving flash site that is great for kids. There are a couple of others listed in the comments, but the one mentioned in the original post is the easiest for kids to play with.

Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Young adult fiction: Oct 24
This article from England takes a look at the new field of crossover novels that are appealing to both children and adults. It has some new items for me to add to my list of future reads.