Kids

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

LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Clever Contraptions features models for 101 mechanical marvels and practical gadgets that can lift, grip, shoot, measure – and even draw!

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

LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Simple Machines features over 140 motor-free Technic models that move through the use of cranks, gears, weights, and flywheels.

Machine Learning for Kids pairs with a free online tool and the Scratch coding platform to teach you how to train machine-learning models and build your own AI projects.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Learn to Program with App Inventor will teach you how to build mobile apps for Android devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Cars! Crawlers! Tanks! Contraptions and gizmos of every stripe. The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book, Vol. 2 is designed to inspire you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book is a complete beginner's guide to the EV3 kit.

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.

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.

With hundreds of full color photos of the author's original creations, The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Wheeled Wonders is designed to inspire you.

With hundreds of full color photos of the author's original creations, The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions is designed to inspire you.

With hundreds of full color photos of the author's original creations, The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines is designed to inspire you. Also check out the other books in the series, Wheeled Wonders and Fantastic Contraptions, or get the whole set!

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