Comments on: A Kindle for kids? http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/a-kindle-for-kids/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Becca http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/a-kindle-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1155557 Becca Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:07:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=31495#comment-1155557 There are many children's books already available for the Kindle. With Kindle's Text to Speech function, kids can read more difficult texts on their own and increase their reading comprehension and vocabulary recognition. www.chocolatethebear.com has a variety of Kindle children's books for only $.99 There are many children’s books already available for the Kindle. With Kindle’s Text to Speech function, kids can read more difficult texts on their own and increase their reading comprehension and vocabulary recognition.

http://www.chocolatethebear.com has a variety of Kindle children’s books for only $.99

]]> By: ficbot http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/a-kindle-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1148460 ficbot Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:51:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=31495#comment-1148460 The other issue with younger readers is touchscreen difficulties. I wrote an article for this blog about it. Basically, I was quite surprised to run into this problem when I experimented with my Sony Reader on some five year olds. I had not anticipated the issue of how small children tend to read with their fingers and point at every word. So either you are going to have a very dirty non-touchscreen very soon, or you are going to have a touchscreen-based reader that is totally un-useable because they'll keep turning pages by accident when they try and point at the worlds. I would never consider an ebook reader for a child who is younger than chapter book age. I just don't see a way to get around the finger issue since that's how they read at that stage. The other issue with younger readers is touchscreen difficulties. I wrote an article for this blog about it. Basically, I was quite surprised to run into this problem when I experimented with my Sony Reader on some five year olds. I had not anticipated the issue of how small children tend to read with their fingers and point at every word. So either you are going to have a very dirty non-touchscreen very soon, or you are going to have a touchscreen-based reader that is totally un-useable because they’ll keep turning pages by accident when they try and point at the worlds. I would never consider an ebook reader for a child who is younger than chapter book age. I just don’t see a way to get around the finger issue since that’s how they read at that stage.

]]> By: Mike Perry http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/a-kindle-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1148433 Mike Perry Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:19:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=31495#comment-1148433 For older kids, a B&W mostly text reader might work, but younger ones aren't going to be happy if it isn't color with lots of graphics like the books they read. Readers for young kids may have to wait until OLED prices come down quite a bit. For older kids, a B&W mostly text reader might work, but younger ones aren’t going to be happy if it isn’t color with lots of graphics like the books they read.

Readers for young kids may have to wait until OLED prices come down quite a bit.

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