Computational Fairy Tales
by Jeremy Kubica · first published 2012
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…programmable toys of the robotic variety. You can get them doing stuff with Microbits or raspberry pis - the SenseHat is quite fun for example. Not a programming book, but my older son really enjoyed Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica. I also wouldn't be too put off by some things being made simple. In a sense as a parent, you are trying to motivate them as much as teach them. And as a programmer yourself, you are…
on “Ask HN: Are there any good “coding for kids” books?” ↗Computational Fairy Tales [1] introduces a lot of complex concepts in a readable way. [1] https://computationaltales.blogspot.com/p/book.html
on “Ask HN: Are there any good “coding for kids” books?” ↗…FaceTime and Skype?), and it was a huge success. My mom happens to be a college math teacher and has turned a number of other faculty on to the book. For those interested in this genre, there is also Computational Fairy Tales (http://computationaltales.blogspot.com/p/book.html)
on “Teaching is Compression” ↗The rhymes and illustrations look great! Is there a board book edition? Other great STEM and computers books for kids: "A is for Array" "Lift-the-Flap Computers and Coding" "Computational Fairy Tales" "Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding" "Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction To Programming" "Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things" "Rosie Revere, Engineer" "Ada…
on “A Hacker Writes a Children's Book” ↗…entries to the IOCCC, and some explain strange tricks with C that probably aren't too useful in current day applications and may not even work on modern hardware. Not just insightful, but also very funny. Computational Fairy Tales - Jeremy Kubica. Recommended to me by someone in IRC. Aimed mostly at kids, it's a fairy tale that involves computing. Princess Ann has to save the kingdom from a prophecy of doom. Along her journey every…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗