Monday, August 11, 2008

Share Your Kindle With Your Kids

Three years ago, I met the love of my life.....and his two kids (LOL). Along with this meeting came the traditional, extended "divorce decree driven" visits with Dad, consisting of 6 weeks in the summer, spring break, every other Thanksgiving, and either the week before or after Christmas. Whenever the kids came to visit, there were two things that ALWAYS happened. One was that they would ask if they could play games on our cell phones, and the other was them asking if we could read with them each night before they went to bed.

Yes! That's right! His 10 and 12 year old BOYS liked to read. While, I was not always completely thrilled with their choice of books, I WAS excited about the fact that they liked to read. And, during our latest summer visit much to my surprise, the cell phone request was eventually replaced with a different request: Can we read a book on the Kindle? I was completely amazed and encouraged.

They thought the Kindle was the coolest thing ever. They asked if we could buy a couple of books for them and read those each night before they went to bed. Even the boys commented on how it was really neat that they could have more books on the Kindle than they could carry if they physically had each book. It was at that moment I realized you are never to young (or old for that matter) to start thinking and learning about the environment and how the Kindle positively contributes to that line of thinking. So, if you have kids and you haven't bought a Kindle yet, what are you waiting for?

Here are some of the kid's summer book choices, all for the Kindle. Enjoy!






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