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Best Summer eBooks for Kids

Just because school started doesn’t mean your summer has to be over!  Bask in the lazy days of summer with these sunny ebooks. Runaway Ralph by ...

 

Just because school started doesn’t mean your summer has to be over!  Bask in the lazy days of summer with these sunny ebooks.

Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary – Follow Ralph the mouse as he hops on his toy motorcycle and runs away to summer camp and tries to avoid sticky situations!  There’s an adventure around every turn in this exciting ebook.

Summer Pony by Jean Slaughter Doty – Ginny is thrilled when her parents rent a pony for the summer, but what will she do when dirty, scrawny Mokey arrives?  Will she still have the summer she was longing for?

Detective Camp (A to Z Mysteries) by Ron Roy – Dink, Josh and Ruth go to a detective camp to learn how to solve crimes, but find out what happens when a real crime occurs in this fun ebook.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell – Would peanut butter make a worm taste better?  What about horseradish?  After losing a bet, Billy has to eat 15 worms in 15 days!  Will Billy be able to do it?  Find out in this delicious ebook!

Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! by Barbara Park – Visit lovely Hawaii with hilarious Junie B. Jones as she finds all sorts of adventures, including a too-tight parrot swim ring that gets stuck around her body and a friendly bird that makes it home in her hair!  This ebook will make you feel like summer will never end!

Summer Love (Hey Arnold Chapter Book 5) by Barlett and Groening – School’s out and Arnold’s at the beach.  It’s a perfect vacation…until Helga shows up!  Find out what Arnold will do in this funny ebook.

Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary – Henry’s dog, Ribsy, has been stirring up trouble lately.  If Henry wants to go on a summer fishing trip with his dad, he has to keep Ribsy on his best behavior, but it won’t be easy, especially with Ramona Quimby on his street!

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball by David Adler – Nothing says “summer” like baseball.  Try to solve this mystery before Cam and her friend, Eric, as they try to track down the culprit.

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis – Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, compete to earn more money before school starts.  Learn a little about sibling relationships as well as economics as you laugh along in this refreshing ebook.

Summer According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney – Everyone’s favorite classroom pet, curious and helpful Humphrey, is a hamster who panics when he realizes school is ending.  Luckily he ventures to Happy Camp Hollow with Ms. Mac and the kids from Room 26!  Enjoy his adventures in this fun ebook.

Fire up your eBook reader and make summer last longer with these sunny ebooks!

5 Reasons Why Portable Ebook Readers Are Better Than Traditional Books

 

Ebook readers are gaining in popularity with each passing day-and for good reasons! The technology has improved at incredible speeds over the last few years, and consumers are reaping the benefits. The benefits to owning these readers are enormous and you can’t help but fall in love with these devices after learning more about them.

Benefit #1: Carry Your Whole Library

The first benefit is that you can take nearly any book you could ever imagine wanting or needing with you in one paperback-sized package. That means no matter where you are, you’ll have the books you need for reference or pleasure reading. This is a huge, huge benefit that can’t be stated enough.

Benefit #2: Super Lightweight

The next benefit you’ll really love is that the latest editions of the most popular ebook readers are very lightweight. In fact, they are generally around 10 ounces or so. That means they are not only the same size as your favorite paperback novel, they are around the same weight as well. You won’t get any strain on your wrists and you can have just as pleasant a reading experience as you’ve ever had.

Benefit #3: Easy Access

A benefit you really can’t overlook is the ease with which you can buy new titles. Gone are the days where you had to hop in your car, dig through the bookshelves at the store, and wait in line. These days you can click a few buttons and have the exact book you want delivered to your computer or ebook reader instantly. That kind of service just can’t be beat.

Benefit #4: Customized Reading Experience

Have you ever been reading a book but gave up because the typeface was too small? Or, have you ever gotten to a part that was good and lost your page? Both of these issues can be very frustrating, and both of them are solved when you use an ebook reader. You can easily change your reader to display in a larger font. Also, most of the great book readers out there will automatically save your place for you, as well as allow you to electronically ‘dog-ear’ pages. These are just two of the many features you can customize on your reader.

Benefit #5: Easy to Use

Many people are afraid of devices like these because they fear it will be too difficult to use. That’s not the case at all with the ebook readers that are on the market these days. They are very intuitive and styled so that even someone who is new to using such technology could figure it out with just a small learning curve. After all, there should be nothing difficult about getting connected to the books you want to read!

Clearly, there are a large number of benefits that come along with owning an portable ebook reader. These benefits are so strong that it’s easy to see why they are becoming more and more popular.

If you’ve never considered getting one of these portable ebook readers before, now is definitely the time!