Amazon’s Kindle FreeTime Unlimited reading service gets new content from … – Geekwire

Parents who want to occupy Their kids’ time over the holidays with educational entertainment’ll have a big selection of new books to choose from. Amazon Announced Today That it just added Thousands of new books alongwith games and other content to .its Kindle Free Time service, Which Provides family-friendly entertainment through the company’s devices for a monthly subscription fee.

The content added today includes Disney’s “Princess Story Theater,” Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Roof Top Run,” and Toca Boca’s “Toca Cars.” The selection of entertainment available to kids is now six times what it was at launch, with more than 4,000 books available That are aligned with the Common Core Standards, Including titles from National Geographic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and other publishers.

If books are not Quite what a kid is looking for, the service alsoincludes More than 400 free apps for kids That do not include in-app purchases (so parents will not risk running up a massive bill AppStore) alongwith Thousands of Age-Appropriate Television shows thathave been picked out by Amazon’s staff.

Parents can pay a monthly subscription fee between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99 a month based on how many kids They have and Whether or not they’re the Prime subscribers, or Purchase a Fire HD Kids Edition Tablet, Which includes a year’s subscription to the service.

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