Teens who love Star Wars and have read enough Shakespeare to get the gist of Old English and the Bard’s trademark iambic pentameter will get a kick out of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series. It seems appropriate that a saga with just as much intrigue and high drama as any of Shakespeare’s plays should … Read more
WildLife – America (4/5 stars, all ages, FREE today only) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. In this sim, you build and maintain a wildlife rescue center for North American wildlife. From Amazon: Look after wild animals and nurse them back to health: in WildLife – America you can care for animals from … Read more
These Kindle anthologies include many of the books that will be required reading for high schoolers and college students, and they’re all priced between 99 cents and $2.99 each. Click through on each link and then use the Look Inside feature to view each volume’s Table of Contents. At these prices, it’s very affordable to … Read more
Elevation Mars (4.5/5 stars, all ages, FREE today only) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: Let your imagination run free with our mysterious red neighboring planet. A quick and fun way to learn about Martian terrain from its deepest canyon to the highest planetary peak in the solar system. Create and … Read more
Amazon hasn’t announced any official sale on Neil Gaiman’s books, but we’ve found some surprising discounts on his past bestsellers and award winners. Prices are subject to change on Amazon at any time though, so be sure to buy the titles you want right away. American Gods – Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel (4/5 stars, … Read more
Plenty of adults already know and love New York Times–bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente through her wondrous and magical The Orphan’s Tales series. Now, Valente turns her considerable talents to a new and different story world for tweens and up in the Fairyland series. “One of the most extraordinary works of fantasy, for adults or … Read more
It’s your friendly KF on KND Editor in Chief April L. Hamilton here, to share a Fire tablet lifehack that just occurred to me recently. Gah! I Can’t See That Tiny Screen! I needed to take some pictures over the weekend, but as one who has “middle aged eyes” I found it very frustrating … Read more
Not very excited about the official Free App of the Day? Try Time Gap Hidden Object Mystery (4/5 stars, all ages, currently FREE). For a limited time, this app comes with a FREE in-app purchase that normally costs $9.99: 26,250 ‘gold coins’, to be used as in-app currency. We can’t say how long this offer … Read more