If you’re looking for some quality, meaningful reading material for tweens and teens this summer, look no further than Gary Paulsen’s Brian’s Saga series. Newbery Honor book Hatchet is the first in the series, which includes five books in all: every one of them rated 4.5/5 stars. This series is like the classics of old: … Read more
We’re happy to share this post from our sister site, Kids Corner @ Kindle Nation Daily, where you can find all things Kindle for kids and teens every day! Last week we announced that John Eubank’s Steemjammer: Through the Verltgaat is our Kids Corner Book of the Week and the sponsor of our student reviews … Read more
Wordfall (4/5 stars, all ages) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: If you like Scrabble and TextTwist, this game is for you! Word Collapse is 3 games in 1 package: – Spot a word: clear the board by making words – Letterfall: new letters fall from above making it more difficult … Read more
Orrery (4/5 stars, all ages) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day, and it’s a great one for armchair astronomers and historians alike. An orrery is a tool ancient astronomers used to plot the movements of the planets and their moons over time in order to accurately predict astronomical events such as planetary alignments … Read more
Word Puzzle fans, rejoice! Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is Cryptogram Puzzles (4.5/5 stars, all ages). From Amazon: Give your brain a workout! Test your skill deciphering the cryptograms. Passages are constructed from book titles, literary and historical quotes and proverbs and many more. Thousands of unique puzzles with more than a trillion … Read more
Most public schools don’t offer any courses in Critical Thinking or Logic, yet these two subjects offer skills that are crucial to lifelong learning and good decision-making. It’s the lack of critical thinking and logical reasoning skills that leads so many adults astray when it comes to separating fact from opinion and fiction, as well … 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
If you love ancient myths involving gods, magical artifacts, swords and sorcery brought into a more contemporary setting, but want something that skews a little older than Percy Jackson, look no further than the Mythos Academy series of YA novels. All seven books in the series are featured in today’s Kindle Daily Deal, priced at … Read more