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 knows about simple instructions and > loops, but not about, > say, algorithms), and is fairly comfortable around > computers. He > sometimes mentions that he would like to learn > programming, but so far > my only attempt to teach him was an absolute > failure, due mostly to my > total lack of pedagogical skills. (I tried to start > with the concept > of abstract objects, with predictable effects...) > > 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 should be more > like "playing with the computer, and having fun" > style, with the > "learning programming" being a sort of side-effect. > > Ideally it would use python, but thats not that > strict a requirement, > squeak or logo might be acceptable, as well. > (Although I'm prejudiced > towards python, that being my favourite programming > language.) > > Similarly, being a book isn't a requirement either, > so a pdf, or an > online tutorial would be fine as well, although a > book would be > better. > > I tried to search for such books, but I mostly found > 'now we are going > to learn programming' types, and I would like > something more subtle, > and more motivating than that. > > > Any suggestions? > > -- > Abel Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
