The MIF publishing house has taken care of young programmers and has published several exciting books that will help children learn basic coding skills.
Linda Lucas “Hey Ruby! A fairy tale with tasks that will teach a child to think like a programmer”
Suitable for children from 5 years old
The author of the book is a female programmer who aims to inspire women and kids around the world to learn how to code. When Linda studied the Ruby programming language, she drew mini-comics about a girl named Ruby to help her memorize the material better. Later, the author collected her sketches and turned them into a book with interesting tasks and games.
“Hey Ruby” is a funny tale about Ruby, a creative red-haired girl whose dad left for work and left her a mysterious assignment letter. Together with the main character of the book, children will embark on a journey in which they will have to use their logical, analytical and creative thinking skills and think like real programmers.
“Programming for kids. An illustrated guide to Scratch and Python languages”
Suitable for children over 8 years old
Many adult programmers fell in love with computers and their capabilities as children. They started their journey by developing simple projects and mini-games. This approach to learning programming will be interesting and accessible to every child. On the pages of the book, the authors invite children to independently implement simple projects of games and animations.
Majed Margi “Scratch for kids. Programming tutorial” (MIF Publishing House)
Suitable for children over 8 years old
The book's author is a senior developer at General Motors and a professor at Wayne University in Michigan. He wrote this book to inspire children and their parents to engage in programming in a fun and fun way. Scratch is the perfect language to start learning coding. The child will “build” code from colorful pieces that look like designer parts and get instant results. The book contains fun tests and mini-games to test knowledge, as well as examples of small projects that the child can implement on his own. The tasks get harder from chapter to chapter.
Craig Richardson “Programming with Minecraft”
Suitable for children over 10 years old
The author of the book is a programmer and Python language teacher who has experience at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and has numerous workshops on creating Python programs for Minecraft.
The book is suitable for all beginners in programming, as well as Minecraft fans. Here you will find step-by-step instructions that will help you learn the basic principles of coding, learn what functions and loops are, etc.
Jason Briggs Python for Kids
Suitable for children over 10 years old
The book is a coding tutorial in Python, one of the most popular programming languages. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to start coding and gradually improve your skills. You can immediately work out the learned material by completing fun tasks from the authors of the book. With Python for Kids, a novice programmer will learn how to animate images and write two test games — “Jump jump!” (a clone of the famous Pong game) and the “Little Man Searches for a Way Out” adventure game, where you have to jump on platforms to get to the exit.
Nate Cooper and Kim Ji “How to Build a Website. A comic guide to HTML, CSS, and WordPress”
Suitable for children aged 10Author: Nate Cooper has experience at Apple, is the founder of Simple Labs and Reboot IT companies, and runs his own blog.Kim G works as an illustrator and creates web comics.
The comic “How to create a website” is an exciting journey into the world of IT technologies. The main character, artist Kim, wants to create a website with her works but doesn't know how to do it. She will be helped by a computer guru who will explain to her what HTML and CSS are and teach her how to create websites on WordPress. The book is divided into 6 chapters: each of which tells Kim's story, followed by detailed step-by-step instructions on how to create your own website.
Nick Morgan “JavaScript for kids. Programming tutorial”
Suitable for children over 10 years old
The book will help you learn basic skills in using the popular JavaScript programming language. A novice programmer will learn how to develop real games, such as finding treasures on a map, “The Hangman” and “The Snake”. The tutorial includes a detailed description of each action, illustrations and available examples, and the results can be instantly evaluated on a PC.
Eyvind Nidal Dahl “Electronics for children Collecting simple circuits, experimenting with electricity”
Suitable for children over 10 years old
The author of the book is Norwegian by nationality. He has been fond of electronics since childhood and has created a blog and portal for people like him. He worked as a teacher, helped create gadgets, and is currently traveling around the world in search of new ideas.
In fact, the book is a collection of exciting workshops designed to help children learn in practice what electricity and magnetism are. Among other things, the child will make a real alarm clock, a unique musical instrument, and use a few magnets to turn a paper cup into an electric motor.
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