College-bound high school students entering their sophomore or junior year in the fall can get a head start on studying for the SAT and GRE with these fun, vocabulary-building apps. Vocab Genius – SAT and GRE definitions (4.5/5 stars, currently FREE) Get ready for the most serious word game you will ever play. Use … Read more
Finally, the wonderful, classic Little House on the Prairie series is available in Kindle format! Little House in the Big Woods (5/5 stars, currently priced at $6.99) The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams’s classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full … Read more
Piano players, from beginning students up through composers, will find many useful features in the Piano Companion PRO app (4.5/5 stars, all ages, currently priced at $4.99). This is an app that can support a musician’s growing abilities. From Amazon: Piano Companion PRO is a flexible chord & scale dictionary with user libraries and reverse … Read more
With the kids getting out of school for the summer and parents/caregivers on the lookout for ways to keep them productively busy over the next few months, the excellent, FREE Duolingo language learning app offers a fun and easy way to learn a new language or reinforce foreign language skills already studied in school. Whether … Read more
Colin Dann’s Animals of Farthing Wood books are considered classics in the United Kingdom. The Farthing Wood series has been released in multiple formats, from picture books to chapter books, and from audiobooks to an animated television series for kids. The two featured here are chapter books for ages 10 and up. The Animals of … Read more
Kids who love to draw are sure to enjoy these FREE How to Draw apps from DrawMate. Each one includes step-by-step instructions to take budding artists from the basic, block shapes that form the main outline to putting in all the fine details and finishing touches. Soon, they’ll be drawing all their favorite characters and … Read more
In the post-apocalyptic Penryn & The End Of Days series, the angels are the bad guys. Angelfall – Penryn & the End of Days Book 1 (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99, option to add Audible narration for $1.99 more at time of purchase) It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to … Read more
Now through May 11, 2016 a dozen Marvel Civil War graphic novels, each a collection of individual issues, are on sale at a deep discount. The sale includes such titles as: Civil War (4.5/5 stars, sale price $4.99) The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it’s time to choose: Whose side are you … Read more