1.
Series: Playful Apprentice
Hello World! I'm a Programmer!
Paperback
Sophia Day
9781649999948
$8.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 10
Oct 26, 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 in Ava 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 and breaks all of Ava...
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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...
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4.
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...
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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'...
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6.
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, ...
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7.
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) and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders: Monsters & Modules is 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,...
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8.
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) and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters is 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: an...
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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 rea...
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10.
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. ...
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11.
Series: Hello Ruby
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding
Hardcover
Linda Liukas
9781250065001
$26.99
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...
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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...
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