Amazon has bundled together a Kindle, cover, and protection plan with the child in mind. If you are thinking about buying this for a child you might want to take the following into consideration. It could turn into a great gift or a dust collector, depending on what the child wants.
* First of all, this is the same 7th generation Kindle being advertised for $79. I own it and love it.
* This is a dedicated e-reader. This simply means that this Kindle is used for reading books. You cannot watch videos or play games. It is not a tablet computer. It is designed to read on.
* This is not a color e-reader. Any book you buy will be in black and white, well, greyscale really. But again, it's designed to read books. Any novel you open will be in black and white.
* There is no built in light. Like a regular book you will need to read with a light source. Outside, lamp, natural daylight in a room are all perfectly ok.
* No text to speech on this model. The reader cannot plug in headphones and hear the text read.
Those are the biggies I can think of that might be of interest to a child. Basically, if the receiver of this Kindle wants to read books and read books only, this is a slam dunk! But if they want to read books, watch videos on youtube, play games, and go online, you'd be better off with a Kindle Fire. I am a fifth grade teacher and I can tell you that I see a variety of Kindles. When students use the Fire I really have to discourage the playing of games in class. This can sometimes be problematic. But when students are using a dedicated e-reader like this I know they are using it to read.
