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Why the Epic ebook subscription for kids might be the best one yet.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

If your kid is an avid reader—as in, he finishes his library books before he even gets them home from school—you may want to check out the Epic app, a new ebook subscription for kids in one handy app that that offers all-you-can-read selections for a low monthly fee....

Nancy Drew and the case of the handmade eReader covers that look like books

by Delilah S. Dawson | Laptop + Tablet Cases

Riddle me this, Miss Drew: what looks like a book and feels like a book but is actually thousands of books? Oh… you already solved it by reading the title. Well, you’ll never guess how pretty this handmade e-Reader cover is on the inside. I love real...

Featured Partner: The Wishingtooth Tooth Fairy app starts a new family tradition.

by Cool Mom Staff | Fun Apps for Kids

Just in time for next week’s National Tooth Fairy Day on February 28th (yes, that’s a real thing), comes the launch of a brand new app designed to create more magic in children’s lives: Wishingtooth for iPad, Android and Kindle Fire. And for a...

How to borrow free Kindle books–the ones you actually want to read.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

If you’re an Amazon Prime member, then you might be wondering how to borrow a book from the Kindle library–one of the excellent benefits you get with your membership. Now granted they’re probably not all books you actually want to read (if...

Stella and the Space Bears ebook for kids. Because we can never resist a wonderfully geeky heroine.

by Julie | Educational Apps For Kids

As much as I love fun, educational apps for kids, I might get even more excited about finding great books to add to our family iPad. Especially original stories without any licensed characters trying to sell me on a cartoon to match a doll to match a fast food...

5 romantic book download ideas for Nook, Kindle, or your iPad

by Kate Etue | E-Readers

It’s Valentine’s Day, and for a bibliophile like me there’s no better gift to celebrate romance than a great love story. Since these days, love stories are more likely read from a Kindle, Nook or the Kindle app on iPad than a hardcover, it can be a...

Duh! Books: Educational eBooks for kids who want to know more than their parents can tell them. (We can relate.)

by Julie | Educational Apps For Kids

I feel lucky that my daughter is a voracious reader, but her curiosity has a downside: She always wants to know more. So I also feel fortunate to have discovered Duh! books. These fiction e-books, geared toward kids from second to fifth grade, are an awesome...

Introducing young kids to the civil rights movement with a Rosa Parks app

by Liz Gumbinner | Educational Apps For Kids

My six-year-old came home this week asking about Rosa Parks, impressed with what she knew of her story and, very shocked by it. I feel so fortunate thats she’s growing up in such a diverse community, that she couldn’t even comprehend a world where her best...

Wordplay Shakespeare: ebooks that make ye olde Shakespearean text clearer than ever.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

Shakespeare’s plays are some of the most difficult pieces of literature your kids will study in school. English has changed significantly over the last 400 years, so try being 10 and having to know what the Bard meant by phrases like “Fie, my lord, fie, a...

The 10 best apps for kids: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

We see a lot of apps for kids here at Cool Mom Tech. A lot. Which means when we feature an app on our site, we really love it. Great for you, but tough when we’re trying to narrow down our favorite kids’ apps for 2013. Here, the cream of the crop when it...

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