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 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...)
I second the suggestion of Python Programming for the absolute beginner, definitely worth a look. Also he might be interested in Guido van Robot: http://gvr.sourceforge.net/ Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
