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Series: Playful Apprentice Hello World! I'm a Programmer! Paperback Sophia Day 9781649999948 $8.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 10 Jul 27, 2021

Have you ever wondered how computers know to do the things they do? Programmers tell them! Every computer from calculators to drones had a programmer tell it what to do. Join Aanya and our MVP Kids as they play out the creative process of coding and use programming to fix everyday problems. An interview with a real-life programmer describes the career path, potential jobs, and practical advice for beginning coders.
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Series: Ava in Code Land Hardcover Jess Hitchman 9781250316615 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Apr 14, 2020

A little girl must use her coding skills to save her video-game home inAva in Code Land, an adorable debut picture book by Jess Hitchman and Gavin Cullen, illustrated by Liere Martin.Ava thinks living in a video game is pretty cool. She and her cat, Pixels, spend their days riding breakfast rollercoasters and heading to underwater discos. And if something isn't exactly perfect, Ava can reprogram the world to be just the way she likes it.But then the game's villain, Max Hacksalot, comes along on his magical pirate unicorn andbreaks all of Ava's ... + Read More
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Series: A Beginner's Projects in Coding Hardcover Marc Scott 9781547602766 $20.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 03, 2020

A fully up-to-date companion to the successful A Beginner's Guide to Coding. Ever wondered how to make a computer follow instructions? Then it is time to get coding! Using the free programming languages of Scratch and Python, these step-by-step projects will have young coders making their own computer games in no time. Accessible, engaging, and fun, this book is bursting with eye-catching illustrations and fantastic projects to introduce aspiring programmers to the world of coding. Featuring newly updated Scratch 3.0 language and brand new pro... + Read More
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Series: Coder in Training Paperback Sarah Lawrence 9780753475249 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 7 Jan 07, 2020

Step into the shoes of a coder! Learn all about coding using Scratch and other programs, discover what skills you need to code, and how you can use your coding knowledge to create your very own website. Have you got what it takes to be a coder in training?Packed with bitesize information and fun facts about the life of a coder, Coder in Training will tell you all about coding, computer programs, video games, website design, and the software you need to use.Simple tasks will test your skills and reinforce the information you read in the book. Do... + Read More
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Series: Emmy in the Key of Code Hardcover Aimee Lucido 9780358040828 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 24, 2019

In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to find her place in a new school. Perfect for fans of the Girls Who Code series andThe Crossover. In a new city, at a new school, twelve-year-old Emmy has never felt more out of tune. Things start to look up when she takes her first coding class, unexpectedly connecting with the material—and Abigail, a new friend—through a shared language: music. But when Emmy gets bad news about their computer teacher, and finds out Abigail isn’t being entirely ho... + Read More
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Series: Code This Game! Make Your Game Using Python, Then Break Your Game to Create a New One! Hardcover Meg Ray 9781250306692 $33.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Sep 03, 2019

Make it! Code it! Break it! Mod it!Meg Ray'sCode This Game! is a nonfiction visual guide, illustrated by Keith Zoo, that teaches young readers, 10-14, how to program and create their very own video game. Each chapter introduces key coding concepts as kids build an action strategy game in Python, an open-source programming language. The book features an innovative stand-up format that allows kids to read, program, and play their game simultaneously.With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions,Code This Game! teaches kids to build a strategy act... + Read More
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Series: Coding with Basher: Code Your Own Website Hardcover The Coder School 9780753475119 $19.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 11 Jul 23, 2019

Written by the founders of Silicon Valley’s the CoderSchool, Basher’sCode Your Own Website is a really useful guide to basic programming that’s packed with quirky, colorful charactersÂ—from URL and Domain to Browser and Router—who will explain exactly how the Internet works. Young readers will learn all about the three big website coding languages: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then follow the simple steps to code their own dynamic website.Combining Basher's trademark quirky and humorous illustration style with the very latest teachings on coding... + Read More
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Series: Coding with Basher: Code Your Own Website Paperback The Coder School 9780753475126 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 11 Jul 23, 2019

Written by the founders of Silicon Valley’s the CoderSchool, Basher’sCode Your Own Website is a really useful guide to basic programming that’s packed with quirky, colorful charactersÂ—from URL and Domain to Browser and Router—who will explain exactly how the Internet works. Young readers will learn all about the three big website coding languages: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then follow the simple steps to code their own dynamic website.Combining Basher's trademark quirky and humorous illustration style with the very latest teachings on coding... + Read More
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Series: Coding with Basher: Coding with Scratch Hardcover The Coder School 9780753475096 $19.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 11 Jul 23, 2019

Written by the founders of Silicon Valley’s the CoderSchool, Basher’sCoding With Scratch is a really useful step-by-step guide to basic programming that’s packed with quirky, colorful characters—from Variable and If/Then to Loop and Function—who will teach you how to make your very own apps with Scratch 3.0. Young readers will learn all the basics of programming, then put their knowledge to the test in a series of apps, before building their first actual computer game. Plus there are lots of fun challenges to try along the way!Combining Basher'... + Read More
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Series: Coding with Basher: Coding with Scratch Paperback The Coder School 9780753475102 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 11 Jul 23, 2019

Coding with Scratch, a new books in the Basher series Coding with Basher, combines Basher's trademark quirky and humorous illustration style with the very latest teachings on coding with the Scratch 3.0 program.Written by the founders of The Coder School.Coding with Scratch shows children how to think like coders, and will help them develop the skills necessary to build their own website and get it online. The book is a fun, engaging, and easy to use approach to basic coding. It shows how to work with today's most popular coding teaching tool, ... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: The Complete Boxed Set (Secret Coders, Paths & Portals, Secrets & Sequences, Robots & Repeats, Potions & Parameters, Monsters & Modules) Multiple copy pack Gene Luen Yang 9781250294685 $88.47 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Feb 26, 2019

Read the complete Secret Coders saga from start to finish! This deluxe boxed set collects all six volumes of the action-packed graphic novel series byNew York Times–bestselling author Gene Luen YangPlus includes a set of six collectable character cut-outs of your favorite Secret Coders characters!Secret CodersWelcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students.Secret Coders: Paths & Portals In the last volume, Hopper... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Monsters & Modules Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781626726109 $14.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Oct 02, 2018

From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) andNew York Timesbestselling author Gene Luen Yang,Secret Coders: Monsters & Modulesis the sixth and final volume in a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension! Or to be accurate, one dimension less—to save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a d... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Monsters & Modules Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781626726093 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Oct 02, 2018

From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) andNew York Timesbestselling author Gene Luen Yang,Secret Coders: Monsters & Modulesis the sixth and final volume in a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension! Or to be accurate, one dimension less—to save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a d... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781626726079 $14.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 27, 2018

From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) andNew York Timesbestselling author Gene Luen Yang,Secret Coders: Potions & Parametersis the fifth volume in a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole town—no, the whole world—embraces the "true happiness” found in his poisonous potion, Green Pop. And now that he has the Turtle of Light, he’s virtually unstoppable.There's one weapon that can defeat him: anothe... + Read More
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Series: A Beginner's Guide to Coding Hardcover Marc Scott 9781681195407 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 06, 2017

Ever wondered how to make a computer follow instructions? If so, then it is time to get coding!A Beginner's Guide to Coding is an easy-to-follow guide to the basics of coding, using the free programming languages of Scratch and Python. These step-by-step projects will have young coders talking to their own chatbots or making their own computer games in no time. Accessible, engaging, and fun, this book is bursting with eye-catching illustrations and fantastic projects to introduce aspiring young programmers to the world of coding.
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences Secret Coders Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781626720770 $15.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 07, 2017

The third book in the Secret Coders series from Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes.Stately Academy is no ordinary school: it was once home to an elite institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper, Eni, and Josh won't rest until they've learned the whole story, but they aren't the only ones interested in the school's past. Principal Dean is hot on their trail, demanding that the coders turn over their most powerful robot. Dean may be a creep, but he's nothing compared to the guy who's real... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences Secret Coders Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781626726185 $26.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Mar 07, 2017

The third book in the Secret Coders series from Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes.Stately Academy is no ordinary school: it was once home to an elite institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper, Eni, and Josh won't rest until they've learned the whole story, but they aren't the only ones interested in the school's past. Principal Dean is hot on their trail, demanding that the coders turn over their most powerful robot. Dean may be a creep, but he's nothing compared to the guy who's real... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Paths & Portals Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781626720763 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Aug 30, 2016

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.There's something lurking beneath the surface of Stately Academy—literally. In a secret underground classroom Hopper, Eni, and Josh discover that the campus was once home to the Bee School, an institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper and her friends are eager to follow in this tradition and become top-rate coders. ... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders: Paths & Portals Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781626723405 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Aug 30, 2016

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.There's something lurking beneath the surface of Stately Academy—literally. In a secret underground classroom Hopper, Eni, and Josh discover that the campus was once home to the Bee School, an institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper and her friends are eager to follow in this tradition and become top-rate coders. ... + Read More
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Series: Hello Ruby Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding Hardcover Linda Liukas 9781250065001 $23.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 06, 2015

"Hello Ruby is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. It introduces programming without requiring a computer at all. The point of the book isn’t to teach you a programming language, but programming concepts." --GeekMom.comMeet Ruby—a small girl with a huge imagination, and the determination to solve any puzzle. As Ruby stomps around her world making new friends, including the Wise Snow Leopard, the Friendly Foxes, and the Messy Robots, kids will be introduced to the fundamentals of computational thinking, lik... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781626720756 $14.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 29, 2015

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!From graphic novel superstar (and high sch... + Read More
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Series: Secret Coders Secret Coders Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781626722767 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 29, 2015

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!From graphic novel superstar (and high school computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes a wildly entertaining new series that comb... + Read More
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Series: Level Up Paperback Gene Luen Yang 9781596432352 $19.50 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Jun 07, 2011

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.ANew York TimesNotable Children's Book (Young Adult) for 2011Smackdown!Video Games vs. Medical School!Which will win the battle for our hero's attention in Gene Luen Yang's new graphic novel?Dennis Ouyang lives in the shadow of his parents' high expectations.Theywant him to go to med school and become a doctor.Dennisjust wants to play video games—and he might actually be good en... + Read More
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Series: Level Up Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781596437142 $22.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Jun 07, 2011

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.ANew York TimesNotable Children's Book (Young Adult) for 2011Smackdown!Video Games vs. Medical School!Which will win the battle for our hero's attention in Gene Luen Yang's new graphic novel?Dennis Ouyang lives in the shadow of his parents' high expectations.Theywant him to go to med school and become a doctor.Dennisjust wants to play video games—and he might actually be good en... + Read More