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Math Hacks for Scratch

Math Hacks for Scratch

Push Scratch programming to the limits as you explore mathematical curiosities through hands-on coding projects.

Michael Mays
October 2024
Ada & Zangemann

Ada & Zangemann

A modern fairy tale that conveys the joy of tinkering and calls for self-determined use of software.

Matthias Kirschner; illustrated by Sandra Brandstätter
December 2022
Python for Kids, 2nd Edition

Python for Kids, 2nd Edition

The book that got a generation of kids coding in Python, fully updated for the latest version.

Jason R. Briggs
October 2022
Carbon: One Atom's Odyssey

Carbon: One Atom's Odyssey

Carbon: One Atom's Odyssey is an exquisitely illustrated, beautifully adapted story that traces a key element of planetary life over billions of years.

John Barnett
May 2021
LEGO Space Projects

LEGO® Space Projects

Features 52 galactically creative new models, with step-by-step instructions and full-color photography.

Jeff Friesen
August 2021
Machine Learning for Kids

Machine Learning for Kids

Machine learning concepts explained through hands-on projects kids can actually build.

Dale Lane
February 2021
Coding in the Classroom

Coding in the Classroom

For teachers and parents, Coding in the Classroom explains the benefits of computer science education and provides strategies to get kids coding!

Ryan Somma
September 2020
The Coding Workbook

The Coding Workbook

Build a website with your pencil! The Coding Workbook empowers you to teach students the basics of web development without a computer.

Sam Taylor
December 2020
Scratch 3 Programming Playground

Scratch 3 Programming Playground

Learn to code video games at any age or skill level with Scratch 3 Programming Playground! Freshly updated for Scratch 3.0.

Al Sweigart
January 2021
Homemade Robots

Homemade Robots

Homemade Robots is a coding-free guide to building 10 uniquely entertaining robots – using everyday materials and components.

 

Randy Sarafan
August 2021
Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Scratch 3)

Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Scratch 3)

In Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Scratch 3), kids learn programming fundamentals as they make their very own playable video games. Now updated to cover Scratch 3!

The LEAD Project
August 2019
25 Scratch Games for Kids

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids teaches you to program in the wildly popular beginning programming language, Scratch, from the MIT Media Lab.

Max Wainewright
October 2019
Micro:bit for Mad Scientists

Micro:bit for Mad Scientists

Micro:bit for Mad Scientists includes 30 mad scientist–themed projects and experiments to teach STEM topics and coding with the BBC micro:bit.

Simon Monk
September 2019
Build a LEGO Mustang

Build a LEGO® Mustang

Build a LEGO Mustang teaches you how to build an amazing LEGO Mustang with step-by-step instructions.

Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć
August 2019
Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids

Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids

Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids teaches you coding and electronics through 12 original and daring projects.

Dan Aldred
December 2019
The Official Scratch Coding Cards (Scratch 3.0)

The Official Scratch Coding Cards (Scratch 3.0)

The Official Scratch Coding Cards (Scratch 3.0) is a deck of 76 activity cards that teaches kids to code with Scratch, a popular visual programming language.

Natalie Rusk and the Scratch Team
May 2019
LEGO BOOST Idea Book

The LEGO® BOOST Idea Book

The LEGO BOOST Idea Book contains dozens of ideas for building simple robots with the LEGO BOOST set.

Yoshihito Isogawa
September 2018
A Beginner's Guide to Circuits

A Beginner's Guide to Circuits

A Beginner's Guide to Circuits is the perfect first book for anyone ready to jump into the world of electronics and circuit design.

Øyvind Nydal Dahl
October 2018
LEGO Neighborhood Book 2

The LEGO® Neighborhood Book 2

The LEGO Neighborhood Book 2 -- instructions for building detailed LEGO models of neighborhoods with homes, stores, restaurants, barbershops, and more.

Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles
November 2018
The Computer Science Activity Book

The Computer Science Activity Book

The Computer Science Activity Book is a simple, hands-on, coloring book-like introduction to computer science concepts for non-technical readers.

Christine Liu and Tera Johnson
November 2018
The LEGO BOOST Activity Book

The LEGO® BOOST Activity Book

The LEGO BOOST Activity Book will show you (in full color) how to build and code LEGO creations that move, explore their environment, lift objects, and more.

Daniele Benedettelli
November 2018
Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi

Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi

In Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi shows how to build robots with the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components -- no prior experience necessary!

Matt Timmons-Brown
January 2019
The LEGO Zoo

The LEGO® Zoo

The LEGO Zoo is a children's book that shows how to build 50 simple models of LEGO animals using only standard LEGO parts that every LEGO fan has in their collection.

Jody Padulano
November 2018
Make Your Own Twine Games!

Make Your Own Twine Games!

Make Your Own Twine Games! is a playful, kid-friendly introduction to game development using Twine, a free online scripting tool for creative storytelling.

Anna Anthropy
March 2019
Make Your Own Scratch Games!

Make Your Own Scratch Games!

Make Your Own Scratch Games! is a playful, kid-friendly introduction game development using the Scratch programming language.

Anna Anthropy
July 2019
Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games!

Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games!

Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games! is a playful, kid-friendly introduction to game development using PuzzleScript, a free online tool for creating puzzle games and platform games.

Anna Anthropy
November 2019
ScratchJr Coding Cards

ScratchJr Coding Cards

ScratchJr Coding Cards are a deck of 75 activity cards covering fun and exciting projects designed to educate young children with the visual programming language, ScratchJr.

Marina Umaschi Bers and Amanda Sullivan
July 2018
Make Your Own Pixel Art

Make Your Own Pixel Art

Make Your Own Pixel Art is an illustrated introduction to creating pixel art.

Jennifer Dawe and Matthew Humphries
March 2019
Coding with Minecraft

Coding with Minecraft

Coding with Minecraft is a hands-on introduction to coding that teaches how to program bots to do cool things in Minecraft.

Al Sweigart
May 2018
Mission Python

Mission Python

Mission Python will teach you how to program an adventure game in this hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to coding in Python.

Sean McManus
October 2018
The LEGO Trains Book

The LEGO® Trains Book

The LEGO Trains Book is an illustrated guide to the world of LEGO train building.

Holger Matthes
October 2017
The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

The Manga Guide to Microprocessors is a comic guide to microprocessors, computer architecture, and digital operations.

Michio Shibuya, Takashi Tonagi, and Office Sawa
August 2017
Coding iPhone Apps for Kids

Coding iPhone Apps for Kids

Coding iPhone Apps for Kids teaches you how to program the iOS apps and games you’ve always wanted to make!

Gloria Winquist and Matt McCarthy
June 2017
Geeky LEGO Crafts

Geeky LEGO® Crafts

Geeky LEGO Crafts is an irresistible collection of fun, quirky, and occasionally practical LEGO projects.

David Scarfe
September 2016
Beautiful Minecraft

Beautiful Minecraft

Beautiful Minecraft is a stunning collection of artwork created in the most unlikely of mediums.

James Delaney
November 2016
The LEGO Animation Book

The LEGO® Animation Book

The LEGO Animation Book is your step-by-step guide to making awesome stop-motion LEGO movies.

David Pagano and David Pickett
October 2016
Tiny LEGO Wonders

Tiny LEGO® Wonders

Tiny LEGO Wonders shows readers how to build tiny, imaginative models of vehicles, ships, aircraft, a space shuttle, and more using a minimum of parts.

Mattia Zamboni
July 2016
The CS Detective

The CS Detective

The CS Detective is a fantasy whodunit for the digital age that introduces the concepts behind search algorithms and important data structures.

Jeremy Kubica
August 2016
Learn to Program with Small Basic

Learn to Program with Small Basic

Learn to Program with Small Basic is a playful introduction to the kid-friendly programming language created by Microsoft.

Majed Marji and Ed Price
April 2016
Electronics for Kids

Electronics for Kids

Electronics for Kids is a fun, hands-on introduction to electricity.

Øyvind Nydal Dahl
July 2016

LEGO® Power Functions Set

$49.95

The LEGO Power Functions Idea Books show off small projects to build with LEGO’s system of gears, motors, gadgets and other moving elements. Both books are filled with hundreds of buildable, clever mechanisms that demonstrate a key technique or mechanical principle. You'll get:

  • The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book, Vol. 1: Machines and Mechanisms
  • The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book, Vol. 2: Cars and Contraptions
LEGO Power Functions Idea Book v. 1

The LEGO® Power Functions Idea Book, Vol. 1

With hundreds of full color photos of the author's elegant but clever contraptions, The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book, Vol. 1 is designed to inspire you.

Yoshihito Isogawa
October 2015
The Official ScratchJr Book

Official ScratchJr Book

The Official ScratchJr Book is an easy-to-use, interactive hands-on guide for parents and teachers, written by the creators of ScratchJr.

Marina Umaschi Bers and Mitchel Resnick
October 2015
Medieval LEGO

Medieval LEGO®

Medieval LEGO is the fun way to learn about medieval history.

Greyson J. Riley
September 2015
Beautiful LEGO: Wild!

Beautiful LEGO®: Wild!

Beautiful LEGO: Wild! showcases amazing nature-inspired LEGO masterpieces from artists around the world.

Mike Doyle
September 2015
Learn to Program with Minecraft

Learn to Program with Minecraft

Learn to Program with Minecraft will teach you the basics of Python programming while having fun with Minecraft!

Craig Richardson
December 2015
Teach Your Kids to Code

Teach Your Kids to Code

Teach Your Kids to Code is a parent and teacher's guide to teaching basic programming and problem-solving skills.

Bryson Payne
April 2015
Doing Math with Python

Doing Math with Python

Doing Math with Python teaches you how to use Python as a tool to explore mathematics.

Amit Saha
August 2015
The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 3

The LEGO® Adventure Book, Vol. 3

Unleash your imagination with The LEGO Adventure Book, Volume 3. Learn to build a Renaissance house, classic movie theater, sushi, and more!

Megan H. Rothrock
September 2015
 The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book

The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book contains hundreds of ideas for building unique robotic and mechanical creations.

Yoshihito Isogawa
November 2014
Incredible Technic

Incredible LEGO® Technic

Enter a world of machines in Incredible LEGO Technic, a unique gallery of LEGO models with a technical twist.

Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć
November 2014
Lauren Ipsum

Lauren Ipsum

Lauren Ipsum is a whimsical illustrated journey filled with fun characters that bring logic and computer science puzzles to life.

Carlos Bueno
December 2014
The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic

Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic

The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic is a wild adventure in earth science with Geo and his robot dog Rocky.

Kanani K.M. Lee and Adam Wallenta
September 2014
The LEGO Neighborhood Book

The LEGO® Neighborhood Book

The LEGO Neighborhood Book is your guide to creating incredible LEGO buildings and cities.

Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles
September 2014
Ruby Wizardry

Ruby Wizardry

Ruby Wizardry is a modern-day fairy tale that teaches programming skills kids can use.

Eric Weinstein
December 2014
JavaScript for Kids

JavaScript for Kids

JavaScript for Kids is a lighthearted introduction to the JavaScript language and programming in general.

Nick Morgan
December 2014
Learn to Program with Scratch

Learn to Program with Scratch

Discover a step-by-step introduction to computer science as you create fun games, build science simulations, and more in Learn to Program with Scratch.

Majed Marji
February 2014
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory

The LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory

The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory covers the essentials of making robots with LEGO's latest and greatest MINDSTORMS kit.

Daniele Benedettelli
October 2013
Beautiful LEGO

Beautiful LEGO®

Full of masterful, mind-boggling LEGO® creations, Beautiful LEGO features the work of some of the most creative minds working in LEGO today.

Mike Doyle
October 2013
Steampunk LEGO

Steampunk LEGO®

Filled with dirigibles and floating cities, penny-farthings and pirate ships, curiosities and robots galore, Steampunk LEGO is an illustrated collection of Victorian-era sci-fi treasures, all built from LEGO.

Guy Himber
November 2014
LEGO Space

LEGO® Space

Spaceships, orbital outposts, and new worlds come to life in LEGO Space. Come explore an incredible LEGO universe!

Peter Reid and Tim Goddard
November 2013
Build Your Own Website

Build Your Own Website

Build Your Own Website is a fun, beginner-friendly comic book guide to creating a website with HTML, CSS, and WordPress.

Nate Cooper, with art by Kim Gee
September 2014
LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 2

The LEGO® Build-It Book, Vol. 2

The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 2 contains step-by-step, full color instructions for building 10 more amazing LEGO cars, trucks, and things-that-go-vroom!

Nathanaël Kuipers and Mattia Zamboni
October 2013
LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1

The LEGO® Build-It Book, Vol. 1

The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1 has step-by-step, full-color instructions for building 10 LEGO vehicles. Choose your ride and build it!

Nathanaël Kuipers and Mattia Zamboni
July 2013
The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2

The LEGO® Adventure Book, Vol. 2

Learn to build sleek spaceships, fire-breathing dragons, and much more with The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2!

Megan H. Rothrock
November 2013
The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 1

The LEGO® Adventure Book, Vol. 1

Whether you're brand new to LEGO or have been building for years, unleash your imagination with The LEGO Adventure Book! Learn to build robots, trains, medieval villages, and much more.

Megan H. Rothrock
November 2012
Wonderful Life with the Elements

Wonderful Life with the Elements

From the brilliant mind of Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji comes Wonderful Life with the Elements, an illustrated guide to the periodic table that gives chemistry a friendly face.

Bunpei Yorifuji
September 2012
The Cult of LEGO

The Cult of LEGO®

In The Cult of LEGO, Wired's GeekDad blogger John Baichtal and BrickJournal founder Joe Meno take you on a magnificent, illustrated tour of the LEGO community, its people, and their creations.

John Baichtal and Joe Meno
November 2011

The LEGO® Technic Idea Book Complete Set

$49.95

Buy the whole set and save 10 bucks!

Forbidden Lego

Forbidden LEGO®

Forbidden LEGO introduces you to the type of free-style building that LEGO's master builders do for fun in the back room.

Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley
August 2007