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Score up to 42% off a kid-friendly Amazon Fire tablet
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Sure, you can give your child a hand-me-down tablet and hope for the best. But you may want to reconsider; we’ve just found an impressive new set of deals for kid-friendly tablets. These models come with a durable case, parental controls and content that’s age appropriate. Amazon’s kid-friendly tablets are real standouts, thanks to unlimited access to the Amazon Kids+ service for one year, plus a two year, worry-free guarantee for parents. For a limited time, Amazon has slashed prices by up to 42%.
For more help choosing a kids-friendly tablet, check out our lineup of the five best tablets for kids in 2024.
For 3- to 7-year-olds: Amazon Fire Kids tablets
These three Amazon Kids tablets all share pretty much the same design and functionality, but what differs is their screen size, resolution and battery life. All offer an ad-free experience.
Want even more savings than what you see here? If you have a tablet to trade in, Amazon will give you an Amazon gift card for the appraised value of the tablet — and you’ll also get an additional 20% off the purchase price of any new Amazon Fire tablet.
Amazon Fire HD 7 Kids: $55 (42% off)
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For a limited time, save 42% on this durable tablet for kids ages 3 to 7. This Amazon Fire HD 7 Kids tablet offers a seven-inch touchscreen, three color options (blue, purple or red) and either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. This can be expanded up to 1TB using an optional microSD memory card.
Battery life is up to 10 hours. This version of Amazon’s kid-friendly tablet comes with a six-month subscription to the Amazon Kids+ service, which includes unlimited access to a vast library of curated, age-appropriate content.
If you want the typical 12-month subscription to Amazon Kids+ that’s included with Amazon’s other kid-friendly tablets, the tablet’s price goes up to $70 (which represents a 36% savings).
Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids: $100 (33% off)
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Also designed for kids between 3 and 7, this version of the Amazon Fire HD tablet is on sale. Snag it for 33% off for a limited time. This model comes with your choice of four cases — solid blue, solid purple, a Mickey Mouse theme or a Disney princess theme. (The Mickey Mouse and Disney Princess-themed cases boost the price of the tablet by $10.)
In addition to the full-color, eight-inch touchscreen, this model offers up to a 13-hour battery life and your choice of 32GB or 64GB of internal storage. The 64GB version is on sale for 28% off, bringing the price down to $130. This can be expanded anytime with an optional microSD memory card.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids comes with a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+, along with the durable case and a two-year worry free guarantee. The tablet offers an ad-free experience, plus integrated parental controls. Once the one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription ends, it can be renewed for $4.99 a month with no contract.
Amazon Fire 10 Kids: $150 (21% off)
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Featuring a full-color, 10.1-inch touchscreen, this version of the Amazon Kids tablet is currently on sale for $150, which represents a discount of 21%. Choose between a case that’s solid blue, solid purple, Mickey Mouse-themed or Disney princess-themed. (The Mickey Mouse and Disney princess-themed cases boost the price of the tablet by $10.)
The tablet comes with 32GB of internal storage (which can be expanded at any time using an optional microSD memory card). Battery life is up to 13 hours. This 11th generation version of the Amazon Fire 10 Kids tablet was upgraded in 2023. It’s now 25% faster than the previous version.
For 6- to 12-year olds: Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablets
These two Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablets cater to a slightly older age group. In addition to all of the features and functions in the other Amazon Fire Kids tablets, these offer limited and filtered access to the internet.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro: $100 (33% off)
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Ideal for kids in the 6-to-12 age group, the Amazon Fire Kids Pro tablet provides an ad-free experience, one year of access to the Amazon Kids+ service, a two-year worry-free guarantee for parents and a kid-friendly case. For a limited time, save 33% on this version of the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro tablet.
Choose between a teal, cyber blue or rainbow-colored case. These cases are a bit thinner than those offered with the tablets for younger kids.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Pro features a full-color, eight-inch touchscreen. It comes with 32GB of internal storage (which can be expanded up to 1TB using an optional memory card). Battery life is up to 13 hours. The content from Amazon Kids+ is age-appropriate and caters to this slightly older audience.
One thing that sets the “Pro” models apart is limited and filtered web browsing, as well as a built-in webcam. Users can do video calls with pre-approved contacts. These tablets also offer access to the Alexa digital assistant.
Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Pro: $150 (21% off)
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Designed with kids between 6 and 12 in mind, the Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Pro is the most advanced tablet in the Amazon Fire Kids lineup. For a limited time, you can purchase it for just $150 (that’s 21% off).
Your child will get a 10.1-inch, 1080p resolution touchscreen, 32GB of internal storage (which can be upgraded up to 1TB using an optional microSD memory card) and up to a 13-hour battery life.
Choose between three case themes — nebula, mint or “happy day.” This tablet includes everything that the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro offers, but features a larger display.
A few of the optional accessories available for this tablet include a detachable Bluetooth keyboard ($35) and wireless headphones ($25).
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Long before comic book characters dominated movie screens, actor Christopher Reeve made the world believes in superheroes with the 1978 classic “Superman.”
Reeve died in 2004, nearly a decade after an accident re-shaped his life. “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” is using interviews with family and friends and never-before-seen home videos to explore his real-life heroism.
Reeve started his career on the stage, studying at the prestigious Juilliard School and living with comedian Robin Williams. The pair had a friendship that was “more like a brotherhood,” said Reeve’s son Matthew. Reeve was in awe of Williams’ energy and versatility, Matthew Reeve said, but audiences quickly clued into Reeve’s own star power when he took on the role of the Man of Steel.
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To his children, though, he “was just dad,” Matthew Reeve said. The documentary explores how Matthew Reeve and his sister Alexandra Reeve Givens grew up watching their dad take the stage as Superman. “Super/Man” also reveals their heartbreak over their parents’ breakup and the joy they found when Reeve re-married. He tied the knot with Dana Reeve in 1992, and the pair welcomed another child, William Reeve, later that year.
“Dana was sunshine,” Alexandra Reeve Givens recalled. “She just brought joy with her wherever she was and could find it even in the darkest moments.”
Those dark moments came suddenly, when in 1995, a near-fatal horseback riding accident left Reeve paralyzed from the neck down. The documentary allows viewers to see, for the first time, what went on out of the public’s view. Reeve can be heard talking about how he “ruined (his) life and everybody else’s,” but in a touching moment, old friend Robin Williams is seen visiting him in the hospital.
“Robin showed him ‘Hey, you’re still you,'” Alexandra Reeve Givens said. “‘You still have this foundation of friendship and people around you, who adore you. And you’re going to find those fun moments in life again.'”
That support from friends and family re-ignited Reeve’s legacy of activism. He made appearances at the Democratic National Convention and the 68th Academy Awards in 1996, about a year after the accident. Matthew Reeve said watching his father address his industry peers at the Oscars was “one of (his) most proud moments.”
“It was just a production for him to get out of bed every morning, let alone get across the country and go out in public for the first time,” Matthew Reeve said. “It was a big deal. It was a big deal to him, but it was also a big deal to the entire disability community. We stayed up in London till like three in the morning to watch that live. It’s a fond memory.”
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Reeve also went on to launch what would become the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing research into spiral cord injury and help individuals and families impacted by paralysis. It was his dad’s mission to find a cure, Matthew Reeve said, while his stepmother wanted to focus on improving the lives of paralyzed people and their families. The foundation and Reeve’s platform helped bring unprecedented attention and funding to spinal cord injury research.
Reeve even kept acting and realized his lifelong dream of directing with the 1997 HBO movie “In the Gloaming.” Reeve died in 2004 from heart failure at 52.
“There is a huge amount of great actors and actresses out there, where their filmography might be amazing and what they achieve on a cultural level might be amazing, but have they actually achieved anything really as a human that moves the needle for our society?” said filmmaker Ian Bonhote, who made the documentary with Peter Ettedgui. “And Chris has done both things.”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” will open in theaters on Friday, Oct. 11.
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