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Kids Get Coding: Develop Helpful Apps

Heather Lyons, Author

Dan Crisp, Illustrator

Alex Westgate, Illustrator

Series: Kids Get Coding

Imprint: Wayland

Publication date: August 9, 2018

Category: Educational: IT & computing

ISBN: 9781526302274

This book will help budding young programmers discover their own creativity. Learn how to develop apps that make the world a better place, plan out the code needed to build them, then hop online to try out your new skills on the companion website. Let’s get coding!

Kids Get Coding is a fantastic, hands-on resource for anyone looking to get started with coding. The eight books cover key areas of the KS1 computing curriculum with simple text. Each title contains practical on- and off-line activities that are easy to follow and fun to try on your own or with friends. Guiding young coders through each title is Data Duck – a computer-programming mastermind here to help with hints and tips!

The Kids Get Coding series is written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale of blue{shift} – a company dedicated to teaching children to become active creators of technology.

Other titles in the Kids Get Coding series:
Algorithms and Bugs
Learn to Program
Our Digital World
Staying Safe Online
Games and Animation
Coding in the Real World
Create, Watch and Send

Heather Lyons

Heather Lyons is a software designer and teacher, and co-founder of Blue{shift} Coding.