When is the Kindle Kids Edition release date?
You can pre-order a Kindle Kids Edition right now, but the first orders will arrive on 30 October.
How much does the Kindle Kids Edition cost?
It’s £99.99 / $99.99, and the price includes the 10th-gen Kindle – the latest model launched in April 2019 – plus a protective cover (pink or blue), a two-year worry-free warranty (just like the Fire Kids Edition tablets) and a year’s access to Fire for Kids Unlimited, or FreeTime Unlimited if you’re in the US.
Fire for Kids / FreeTime Unlimited also includes videos, games and apps which you can access if you have a Fire tablet, but obviously these aren’t available on the Kindle because it’s an eReader.
What child-friendly features does the Kindle Kids Edition have?
As in the regular Kindle, reviewed, kids can tap on a word and see its definition thanks to Word Wise. That’s a feature which was added to the Kindle back in 2015, but it’s still very welcome here. A slider lets you choose how many ‘difficult’ words are underlined and you can see a history of the words that have been looked up, with the ability to say a particular word has been mastered, which removes it from the list.
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