Total: 90/100

Learning to read was magical for me. I couldn’t wait to race home and climb into another world—even ones as unpleasant as the Trunchbull’s chokey in Matilda or the wacky hallways of Wayside School—and I assumed, oh so wrongfully (and naively) that my daughter would share this passion.

Dear reader, she did not.

“Can you just read it?” she’d grumble, as we settled in for a bedtime story. She loved storytelling with dolls and world building with Lego and Toca Boca games, but reading? It felt like drudgery, even as her literacy skills improved.

So, when I heard that Amazon was releasing a new kind of Kindle—the Kindle Colorsoft Kids, an e-reader with a soft color palette and special features designed to help foster a love of books—I was skeptical but open-minded. After using it for a month, it’s become a go-to that rivals dressing up Labubus and listening to the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack on repeat. Here’s why.

 28 Classic Children’s Books That Every Kid Should Read