And you get to save some cash

As school nears summer recess, Amazon has jumped on a commercial opportunity Involving students: Summer reading lists.

The tech giant is offering an e-reader package targeted toward children That includes a Kindle device, a protective cover, and a two-year warranty. Whereas normally Those three items a person would run about $ 140, the new deal prices them together at $ 99.

Parents need not worry about Their kids slacking off and using the device to play games either: The Kindle e-reader, unlike the Kindle tablet supports only books-not apps. It also comes with “Kindle FreeTime,” and a progress tracker parents can use to Prevent Their children from accessing recreational Amazon content on other devices until they’ve met Certain goals. For example: finishing a chapter in a book before popping open, say, Angry Birds.

FreeTime puts social media websites and the Kindle store off limits, too. Parents can instead choose what books to make available on the e-reader, Which comes with four gigabytes of storage, five different colored covers-dark blue, green, purple, red, and black-and can stay charged for up to four weeks. That assuming the user only reads for a half hour per day and does not use wireless.

The company has assembled its own recommended summer reading lists as well, Including selections for the categories “Baby-Age 2, “” Ages 3-5 “” Ages 6-8 “and” 9-12 Ages. “There are nearly 3,500 books total in the company’s” summer reading for kids’ collection.