The Tombquest series brings the mystery and adventure of ancient Egypt to life for middle-grade readers. Read the books, and (with a parent’s permission) continue the adventure online at Scholastic’s Tombquest site! Build an Egyptian tomb of your own, hide treasure and protect it with traps, then challenge your friends to play through! Book of … Read more
Chimpact (4/5 stars, all ages), a physics-based game that mixes the slingshot action of Angry Birds with the gameplay of a platformer, is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: Luscious environments with a variety of delightful characters make Chimpact top of its class. Collect gems, medallions and bananas by chucking your chimp … Read more
Kids aged 8-12 who love animal heroes, fantasy stories, and horses in particular are sure to love the highly-rated and bestselling Guardian Herd Series. The Guardian Herd: Starfire – The Guardian Herd Series Book 1 (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $6.99) The first book in a gripping new tween fantasy series about winged horses—perfect for … Read more
The Annotated Classics collection offers compilations of the works of great authors in individual volumes, and each volume also offers notes, historical information, literary analysis and more. The annotations make these books ideal for students. Better still, each book is bargain-priced. Note that the entire collection consists of works available in the public domain, but … Read more
Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is one of the all-time bestselling apps: Scribblenauts Remix. It’s free TODAY ONLY. Scribblenauts Remix (4/5 stars, all ages) THINK IT! CREATE IT! SOLVE IT! The award-winning, best-selling video game is now available for Android devices. Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to … Read more
TerraTime (4/5 stars, all ages), the interactive real-world globe that can show you the time, sunrise, sunset and moon phases around the world, is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: The amazing, interactive, real-time virtual Earth! Globe and map use current satellite imagery to simulate day/night, clouds, seasons, sun & moon; clock … Read more
Mahjong Deluxe HD (4/5 stars, all ages) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: Mahjong Deluxe is a solitaire game based on the classic Chinese game where you are challenged to eliminate all the tiles from the board. It includes 12 lovely backgrounds and 168 different puzzle layouts along with relaxing background … Read more
Right now (as of 8/7/15), the first six films in the Harry Potter series are available to own in SD for $7.99 each! If you haven’t added this series to your Instant Video library yet, it’s a great time to do so. Descriptions below from IMDB. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PG-13, 4.5/5 stars, … Read more