(Part 2) Best children computer & technology books according to redditors
We found 304 Reddit comments discussing the best children computer & technology books. We ranked the 106 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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A review:
>my grandmother was sick with lung cancer. she was only expected to live 1 more day. i gave her this book, and i watched her read it. she finished the book with tears in her eyes. she fell asleep quickly. i kissed her on the forehead, expecting her to be dead by morning. the next morning she was walking around normally, and a few hours later, we found out she had gotten over her cancer. my grandmother owes her life to this book. thank you for saving my grandmother.
According to the amazon page they're a family of shitty jokers.
>Michele C. Hollow is an award-winning writer who learned about Minecraft from her son, Jordon. She blogs at Pet News and Views and is the author of several children’s books. She has absolutely no sense of humor, which her husband and son find ironic, but she doesn’t get. She lives in South Orange, New Jersey.
>Jordon P. Hollow plays Minecraft every chance he gets. An avid reader, especially on the subject of Minecraft. Jordon loves mac ‘n cheese, grilled cheese, and Tastycake pies. He is a high school student and lives in South Orange, New Jersey.
>Steven M. Hollow is an accomplished writer, actor, storyteller, puppeteer, and teaching artist. He began playing video games with the original introduction of Pong and plans to move on to other video games once he figures out how to move the paddles. He lives in South Orange, New Jersey.
The story's mentioned here, with a few more details (the fisherman's name being Simon) and some changes, but I don't see a title. Can y'all make heads or tails of what the text says? What do the numbers mean, some sort of index?
Edit: Apparently H543.3 refers to a system for classifying fairy tales, H543 is "Riddle contest with the devil". Hmm.
Edit2: Ok, the story the book refers to is "Simon and the Fish", it's an Irish tale found in a children's book titled "Strange and Spooky Stories". I doubt that's the original source of the story though, is it?
Edit3: The Amazon listing for the book has a review, saying "the lack of source notes is all the more disappointing" Augh.
They even flipped the image right to left.
https://www.amazon.com/Clash-Fatal-Fields-Unofficial-Adventure-ebook/dp/B07F5N885C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540961795&sr=8-1&keywords=devin+hunter+fortnite&dpID=51IpDYyM29L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
They are starting them young these days: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776JB5W1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Not a coloring book, but there is also The Manga guide to Databases
There are a lot of books with this plot.
Some others are: Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett, and a series of books by Gillian Rubinstein: Space Demons and its two sequels (Skymaze and Shinkei).
Gillian Rubinstein also wrote another book about games becoming real (she uses this plot a lot) called Beyond The Labyrinth that features a cliff prominently on the cover.
Lauren Ipsum is a cs theory book masquerading as a children's book and it's quite funny.
Healers Suck! A GameLit Harem (Crystalia Online Book 1) Charles Andrews 2018/9/21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HL8LTRL
The Hall: Book 1 of the Muraglen Saga Frank Albelo 2018/9/21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HL8Y9K6
Princess Tamer 6: A LitRPG Harem Adventure Neil Bimbeau 2018/9/21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/J6FQVPT
Myth Protector: A Gamelit Harem Fairy Tale Adventure Jamie Hawke 2018/9/22 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HLQH975
Game of his life: A litrpg and gamelit mmo action adventure Jason Alters 2018/9/22 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HLRSQPV
Raid Slayer: A LITRPG Fantasy Adventure Riley Morrison 2018/9/22 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7T8XWL
Trojan: An Epic LitRPG Adventure (Afterlife Online Book 3) Domino Finn 2018/9/24 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMK5JBR
The Arena (The Adventures of Horc Book 2) Drew Seren and Robert Brownson 2018/9/24 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMJPSL4
It Ain't Easy (The Valens Legacy Book 10) Jan Stryvant 2018/9/24 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HMR3WS8
Game Changer (Reality Benders Book #3) LitRPG Series Michael Atamanov 2018/9/24 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FQQGC83
The Idle System: The New Journey Pegaz A 2018/9/24 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HNKPKZ3
Phoenix World: Beta Test Zone 5 C.W. Dykes 2018/9/25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPDZGWW
Trapped in a Video Game (Book 4): Return to Doom Island Dustin Brady and Jesse Brady 2018/9/25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKFGGDR
Lord of the Flame: A LitRPG novel (Call of Carrethen Book 2) Stephen Roark 2018/9/25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HNSWR7G
Solstice 2: A Gamelit Harem Adventure Harrison Shaw 2018/9/26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HR31YWH
Wicked Wager - A Gamer Girl Erotic LitRPG Adventure John Waylon 2018/9/26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HQY5Q3S
Freehaven Online: Lady Thunderlord, Into Hades: A LitRPG Adventure Jun Prince 2018/9/26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F37VFSJ
The Eight of Nights: An OmniWorld Adventure (OmniWorld Adventures) Randy Nargi 2018/9/26 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1724047663
A Troll's Curse: A Monster MC Adventure April O'Malley 2018/9/27 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRW3HQ2
One More Last Time: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel (The Good Guys Book 1) Eric Ugland 2018/9/27 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HS2MP8D
Danger Knights: Part I Harrison Shaw 2018/9/27 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRGSL94
CO-OP (Animus Book 2) Joshua Anderle and Michael Anderle 2018/9/27 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRTM2M3
Banisher Reborn: A LitRPG Series (The Banisher Chronicles Book 1) Deck Davis 2018/9/28 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HSPTBXV
Couch Potato Chaos: Gamebound Erik Rounds and David Debaene 2018/9/28 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FDTPN2R
Danger Knights: Part II Harrison Shaw 2018/9/28 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HTXYLW2
First Level (Replay Book 1) John Gunningham 2018/9/28 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HG3TQGW
Build-A-Harem: The Island Collection: Books 1-3 Zachariah Dracoulis and Elisha Dracoulis 2018/9/28 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HVT9MWT
Black Flame in the Barren Steppe: Epic LitRPG (Realm of Arkon, Book 8) G. Akella and Mark Berelekhis 2018/9/29 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HJ6LMK4
Mine Shaft: A LitRPG Sci-Fi Harem Adventure (Venus Online Book 4) Jeremy Zenith 2018/9/29 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HVY2GFY
Chosen: A Sexy LitRPG Novella (The Harémon Master Book 1) A.V. Kern 2018/9/30 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HX36MJ7
Rebirth Online: A litRPG Adventure Michael James Ploof 2018/9/30 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7SNL7G
The Heroine Collector, super bundle #1: a GameLit harem saga V.R. Harimenko 2018/9/30 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HXNDP94
Ghosts of Smoke: A LitRPG Novel Yuli Ban 2018/9/30 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HWLDC6B
El Sexorcisto!: Harems and Ultraviolence Yuli Ban 2018/9/30 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HX4Z1NS
Then can I recommend Heir Apparent?
It's a YA book about a young girl who gets trapped in a game and has to beat it before time runs out or she dies. Ironically enough, it wasn't built as a "death game;" it got damaged because insane anti-game activists broke in and damaged it while she was playing. I think it fits into the subversive genre you're looking for.
Lauren Ipsum by Carlos Bueno was also a fun read.
I had to check to see if this was a real book.
It is.
I tried to help my nephew get into it a bit but only partially successful. I don't see him that often I'm afraid.
You can start early (about 8yrs) with Scratch. https://scratch.mit.edu/ It's got quite the community. I got this book and was pretty impressed: https://www.amazon.com/Help-Your-Kids-Computer-Coding/dp/146541956X It also deals with Python in the second part.
There are also plenty of games that help get into coding like Lightbot: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lightbot.lightbothoc&hl=en
and Lego Mindstorms fix factory: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lego.mindstorms.fixthefactory&hl=en
You could also get Lego Mindstorms itself of course. They have another new thing down the pipeline called Lego Boost for a younger audience: https://www.lego.com/en-us/boost
And have you ever heard of coderdojo?
Going off of memory from The Way Things Work, the nuclear reaction is started by firing a proton into the fissile material, which starts a runaway chain reaction. It's quite deliberate and would not be set off by standard means, much like C4. Note: nuclear bombs also have more conventional explosives too, but I don't know what they are or how they play into the greater thing.
I'll agree with this answer the most, though ooooo5's reply was the one that made me spit-take with coffee.
Cunning is right; there are vast amounts of information available online for beginners. One of the best places to start is gamedev.net.
There are also several books that I would suggest, such as the following (don't be discouraged if you are not a "teen", it just means that it's written for beginners). Visual C# Game Programming for Teens
Look for similar books (your library might have some), and those will give you lots of great information to get started.
http://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Computer-Jokes-Judith-Stamper/dp/0590130048
Reminds me of the book Heir Apparent
Get those kids some books!
oh lawd, this is going to be LONG
for advanced readers,
Enders Game
The Giver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
The Harry Potter Series
The Heir Apparent
Farenheit 451
A lot of these books can be read young and then reread when older to get more meaning
For younger beginning readers
Dr Seuss, I really remember Green Eggs and Ham, Go Dog go, and One Fish two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Oh and surprise me, i really like SciFi/Fantasy and have read the Dune Series and ASoIaF, but the Modern High Power Rocketry Book would be very very appreciated.
This series is only available as ebooks but they are pretty great:
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Builds-Computer-Childrens-Favorites-ebook/dp/B01MUIFG2O
https://www.amazon.com/Gingerbread-Particle-Nerdy-Childrens-Favorites-ebook/dp/B06XBWBR4C
https://www.amazon.com/Goldilocks-Three-Inventors-Childrens-Favorites-ebook/dp/B06XR241PB
There's an updated version now.
Book recommendations:
https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Programming-Design-Computer-Science/dp/0134801156/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=tony+gaddis+logic&qid=1568820550&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Cheaper older editions of this book would be just as good, basically the same content. It's a college book so they just make small insignificant changes to keep charging top price (hint: google older edition PDFs). The book is good though.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SZPTZ1K/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1568820681&sr=8-1-spons
This book would help you in writing flowcharts and then translating to an actual programming language (python) back and forth. I highly recommend it. There are tons of examples, practice problems, quizzes, etc. with answer keys all on the guy's website.
The authors are a married couple who used to work in software engineering and now are actual CS high school teachers. In other words they actually use teaching theory in their instruction which is rare in tech books, the spiral approach to be exact (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_approach).
I picked up a copy of Lauren Ipsum in a Humble Book bundle way back when, and I enjoyed it immensely.
The preface explicitly states that there are no computers or programming in the book - rather, it's a simple story using metaphors for common algorithms and patterns.
It's pretty simple, but you should be able to breeze through it in a day or two, and it may help you visualise some common algorithms.
Even if it doesn't, it's not a bad story!
YA Spy Adventures
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RYH4C4W/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KPGFU6C/
Also on the topics of books related to this topic...I absolutely love this book. It's basically Alice in Wonderland (written by a mathematician) but with Computer Science encounters. There are tons and tons of nerdy references in here, but it's just written as a fun kids story.
https://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Ipsum-Computer-Science-Improbable-ebook/dp/B00QL616IC
http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-ebook/dp/B007XLF39M/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420226069&sr=1-1&keywords=manga+guide+to+databases
https://www.amazon.com/Emoji-Movie-Junior-Novelization/dp/1534400044 thanks to my detective skills, I found it for all of us
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/1510706321/ref=acr_search_see_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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there's a book called Help Your Kids With Computer Coding - http://www.amazon.com/Help-Your-Kids-Computer-Coding/dp/146541956X/
It teaches Scratch and Python, what everyone here is recommending.
Before my last year in college I sat down and implemented a A path finding program in C#. Not sure if that seems too simple or not for what you're thinking, but in it's own way, it was a great project. I found an "outline" of how A works and built from there.
Also, i've just recently started reading this book it's a great course on developing an RPG in C#, however, it also provides an awesome platform to develop your own AI for NPC's. i'm looking forward to creating a little NPC economy where they buy and sell to and from each other. (as well as developing AI for the monsters in the game) anyway, fun stuff!
Godfather Death is one of the Grimms' tales. There are a couple adaptations listed on the wikipedia page, including a version in this book, which was published in 1997.
lol. did you get that from here??
Only You Can Save Mankind?