Re: [Tutor] Looking for an edutainment-type introduction to programming book

At 09:16 AM 9/29/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: >I second the suggestion of Python Programming for the absolute beginner, >definitely worth a look. Me, too, but make sure it's the 2nd edition. Dick __

Re: [Tutor] Looking for an edutainment-type introduction to programming book

> What I am looking for is a book thats: > > 1) simple, and fun enough so that he can learn from it without my > continous assistence. (Of course, I can answer questions, but the idea > is that I don't want to walk him through all of it.) > > 2) doesn't look like it is teaching programming -- it sh

Re: [Tutor] Looking for an edutainment-type introduction to programming book

Abel Daniel wrote: > Hi! > > I'm looking for a book to give to my younger brother as a birthday > present. He is 13 years old, had some experience with logo (but not > much, so he knows about simple instructions and loops, but not about, > say, algorithms), and is fairly comfortable around compute

Re: [Tutor] Looking for an edutainment-type introduction to programming book

Look here: www.ceebot.com Not a book, but it might be what you are looking for. --- Abel Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm looking for a book to give to my younger brother > as a birthday > present. He is 13 years old, had some experience > with logo (but not > much, so he kno

Re: [Tutor] Looking for an edutainment-type introduction to programming book

If he is into games, you could try to look at Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, from Michael Dawson. It teaches Python through programming a set of simple games. -- Tom, http://www.vscripts.net on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:54:32 +0200, you wrote: > 1) simple, and fun enough so that he can