Matt Lerner. I wanted to expose my kids to programming because it’s a great skill and a powerful way of thinking. And my kids spend enough time playing Angry Birds and Cut the Rope on my iPhone ...

Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Jason Brigg's Python for Kids (No Starch Press, 2012).

“Coding for Kids Python” by Adrienne Tacke If you want to become a master at Python, this is the book to read. Children aged 10 and up can learn how to create their own games.

A timer runs in the background, then shocks them with a scary image and a spooky sound after a minute. It’s a pretty solid little prank-game that teaches the basics of loading images and sounds ...