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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
This is a brilliantly simple, and fun way to introduce coding. Information in the back matter provides additional information.
Pearl is on her last day of summer vacation and she’s yet to actually build a sand castle. So she brought along her robot, Pascal, in hopes of getting help. She starts by telling Pascal to build a sandcastle, but he just sits there — it’s a no-go! Why? Because her directions are too broad.
Pearl begins breaking down each step, adding in a loop, and in the end she faces… DISASTER! Her castle is in shambles and she will have to start all over. However, she learns from her mistakes and figures out a much better way to build her castle. It takes patience and diligence, but she finally succeeds.
I’m very pleased to find a new book on coding AND with a female main character. This would be a great way to introduce coding to a young group of children (or a way to reinforce a coding lesson to students who are already learning to code). The accompanying illustrations were rendered digitally in combination with gouache and acrylic paintings. This book is the first of a new sequel, so I’ll be interested in seeing what they decide to code in book #2.
For this and more #kidlit, #mglit, and #yalit book reviews, please visit my blog: The Miller Memo.
“…a coder takes one big problem and breaks it into several smaller ones. If I give Pascal enough instructions that he does know, we’ll build this castle in no time!”
Pearl begins breaking down each step, adding in a loop, and in the end she faces… DISASTER! Her castle is in shambles and she will have to start all over. However, she learns from her mistakes and figures out a much better way to build her castle. It takes patience and diligence, but she finally succeeds.
I’m very pleased to find a new book on coding AND with a female main character. This would be a great way to introduce coding to a young group of children (or a way to reinforce a coding lesson to students who are already learning to code). The accompanying illustrations were rendered digitally in combination with gouache and acrylic paintings. This book is the first of a new sequel, so I’ll be interested in seeing what they decide to code in book #2.
For this and more #kidlit, #mglit, and #yalit book reviews, please visit my blog: The Miller Memo.
Pearl teaches her robot how to build a sandcastle using code. This is a nice step-by-step introduction to code using humor to make its points.
I think this did a really good job at breaking down how to code for kids in words they can understand. I love that this featured a little girl of color doing all the coding, too.