Raspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies

Purchased this as a gift for my 9yo. He absolutely loves it, and is really enjoying learning to program his Raspberry Pi.

Great beginners guide for our kids. Do note that by now, some of the content is a little dated. For example, some of the Python statements (like print) that are referenced in the book have changed. Not a big deal if you're technical, but if you're totally new to the computer world, you may get fed up and quit trying without realizing something like that! Wish there was a little more on PHP and Python and... the Mindcraft API was a little underwelming, though cool enough that there's any API all to play with, so I nothing really to complain about.So again... great beginning guide for kids. Lots of fun and some good reference material.

Great book for beginners - kids are getting into Python at school and Pi is a nice little project for them

I don't recommend this book for any new comer to Raspberry Pi 3. It's written for version 2 and after reading half way through it I realized Pi 3 is completely different. It is well written and some things are relevent of course but programming in the version of Python they use is not. The program does not even recognize most of the commands. If you're familiar with Python than you probably don't need this reference book anyway and if you are a tech dummy like this 70 year old man and just starting out on Pi this book is not a big help. Look for a updated version specificly for Pi 3.

Easy to read.

This is a GREAT, easy to read book for kids wanting to learn about the Raspberry Pi and programming!

Great book if want to get started in programming raspberry pi. Some good easy projects for kids. There a few challenging one - creating video game.

Easy to follow my 11 year old built his computer completely on his own.

Muitos livros como este precisam ser mais diretos e tratar de assuntos que de fato é relevante aprofundando ao poucos. Não precisar alongar o assunto para detalhar coisas simples como o "asterisco está junto com a tecla 8". Há 30 anos atrás talvez isto fizesse sentido. No fim lê-se muitas páginas e aprende-se pouco.O livro é um overview de vários assuntos entre python, linux, sonic pi, scratch. Ao invés de entrar em vários assuntos, seria interessante que o livro focasse em no máximo dois assuntos, com exemplos e exercícios criativos e interessantes para que a criança possa consolidar o conhecimento e despertar seu interesse.

Excellent product.

A pesar de estar en ingles, les puede servir a mis sobrinos para que practiquen su ingles y que aprendana usar Raspberry

Could be better.

My copy just arrived this morning and I'm really impressed. Incredibly well laid out and very well written for children....and adults too - I didn't want to put it down! :0).I'm buying a pi for each of my children this Christmas to encourage them to start coding. I'm certain this book is going to be a big help for my enthusiastic 7 year old as well as encouraging my more reluctant 9 year old to use her pi. This book makes the subject sound like a lot of fun - not easy when discussing formatting memory cards and such like! My oldest is 11 and therefore has to make out she knows everything of course, but I'm pretty certain she'll be sneaking this book to bed when the others' backs are turned. I can see me having to buy another copy for myself. :0)