Right now, and only through the end of July, Amazon’s put a selection of 20 Kindle books for kids on sale for $1 each. The sale list includes:
The Remarkable And Very True Story Of Lucy & Snowcap (5/5 stars, ages 9 and up)
Set on fictional islands off northeast America in 1787, this story features two twelve-year-old girls from different cultures who must join forces to save themselves, their people, and one special baby.
It’s part historical (based on convicts who were sent to the Americas and Australia) and part fantasy.
Above all, it’s a captivating adventure in the tradition of The Princess Bride with shipwrecks, curses, chases, murder plots, magic (of all kinds), romantic legends, thieves and politicians (sometimes both), a caring schoolteacher and a handsome horse groom, a pair of feisty (sometimes difficult) heroines, and the mysterious power of story-telling at its center!
Tip-Tap Pop (5/5 stars, ages 6 and up)
Emma and her grandpa, Pop, are tap-dancing pals.
They dig-shuffle-chug through town and put on a clickity-clacking, tip-tapping show every year on Emma’s birthday. But Pop is getting old. He starts forgetting things, even Emma’s birthday.
And he stops dancing. Can Emma help Pop’s feet remember how to dance?
Clickity-clack, clickity-clack, stomp-stomp-clickity-clack. . . . Endearing illustrations rendered in gouache and pencils show that even the smallest act may spark a memory in an Alzheimer’s sufferer.
Squeal and Squawk: Barnyard Talk (5/5 stars, ages 6 and up)
Cows give us milk, for ice cream and cheese.
But my dog gives me kisses, and tail wags … and fleas. Welcome to the barnyard!
Eighteen rollicking poems explore the lives of farm animals.
From a limerick about a rooster in love with a duck to an ode to the lazy life of a cow, these comically illustrated rhymes take a humorous look at our squealing and squawking animal friends.
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! (4.5/5 stars, ages 3 and up)
It’s time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him: “Sleep, Big Bear, sleep.”
But Big Bear doesn’t hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap.
Big Bear just can’t seem to hear what Old Man Winter is saying.
Finally, Old Man Winter finds a noisy way to get Big Bear’s attention. Cozy illustrations rendered in pencil and mixed media by Will Hillenbrand bring this bedtime story to a fitting conclusion.
How Do You Sleep? (5/5 stars, ages 3 and up)
Children will be lulled to sleep as they learn where a bird, bear, horse, pig, frog, and rabbit sleep—and even themselves! Dreamy close-ups of animals, both awake and asleep, add to the gentle mood.
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This cozy picture book asks a series of animals how they sleep and gets a variety of answers, from the little bird that snuggles down in a nest of twigs to the bear that curls up “in a great bear ball” in his cave to two children who listen to stories, “wiggle” and “wriggle,” and fall asleep in bed.
The rhythmic, rhyming text flows along swiftly, illustrated with large-scale oil paintings that stand out crisply against the white backgrounds.
– Carolyn Phelan, for The American Library Association
Slugs in Love (4.5/5 stars, ages 6 and up)
Marylou loves everything about Herbie—how his slime trail glistens in the dark, how he can stretch himself thin to squeeze inside the cellar window, and how he always finds the juiciest tomatoes.
But Marylou is a shy slug.
How can she get Herbie to notice her?
Find out how Marylou woos her beloved in this must-have love story that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Click here to view the full list of 20 Kindle Kids Books For $1 Each.