Coding with Scratch is intuitive, versatile, and suited for visual learners, making it a popular first step for aspiring programmers. In Al Sweigart's book introducing this drag-and-drop language, readers follow step-by-step directions to make familiar games like Fruit Slicer, Asteroids, Snake, and even a game inspired by Super Mario Bros.

By combining colorful blocks of code, kids will quickly learn computer programming concepts, like loops, strings, and variables, without having to master the cryptic syntaxes found in most programming languages.

Author: Al Sweigart

Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: October 2016
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-1593277628
Print: 1593277628
Kindle: B01LYJQVET
Ages: 8 and upwards

With the subtitle Learn to Program MakingCool Games, this introduction to coding is for kids who love playing games and the parent or teacher looking to translate that passion to coding. Every chapter includes review questions to reinforce the discussed concepts and extra coding challenges to level up each game and extend the lesson even further. 

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