Kids on Fire: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales

Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales for ages 8 and up relate significant historical events in graphic novel form, with just enough snark and humor to keep the kids interested. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Donner Dinner Party (5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.39) The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all … Read more

Free App of the Day is Eights

Eights (3/5 stars, all ages, FREE today only) is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: Eights! is a little puzzler based on numbers. Easy to learn, Hours of fun!. The game starts by showing you a random set of numbered tiles spread across its 4×4 board. Your task is to merge/join the … Read more

Kids on Fire: Zenith Graphic Histories Teach Teens About Military History

These Zenith Graphic Histories graphic novels make for some great, educational summertime reading for teens. Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.99) Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well … Read more

Kids on Fire: Transformers Classics Comic Collections

The Transformers franchise has been hugely popular in all its forms: cartoons, toys, movies, and all kinds of merchandise. But have you seen the comics? Volume 1 in the Transformers Classics line of comic book anthologies is currently on sale for just $3.99 in Kindle format, so it’s a great time to take a look … Read more

Free App of the Day is Spider Solitaire

That classic solitaire card game variant, Spider Solitaire (4.5/5 stars, all ages, FREE today only), is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: World’s first Spider Solitaire with live cards! Popular Spider Solitaire is now available on your Kindle tablet! The greatest way to escape from daily bustle wherever you are. Great graphics … Read more

Kids on Fire: Point and Click Adventure Apps For All Ages

Point-and-click adventure game apps can be a lot of fun, and can even sharpen skills with their pattern-matching, physics-based and logic puzzles. But most of them contain adult-oriented or frightening content. Here are some rated as appropriate for all ages, so the kids can enjoy them, too! Davey’s Mystery (4/5 stars, currently priced at 99 … Read more