Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding, by Linda Liukas
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"Hello Ruby is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. It introduces programming without requiring a computer at all. The point of the book isn’t to teach you a programming language, but programming concepts." --GeekMom.com
Meet Ruby―a small girl with a huge imagination, and the determination to solve any puzzle. As Ruby stomps around her world making new friends, including the Wise Snow Leopard, the Friendly Foxes, and the Messy Robots, kids will be introduced to the fundamentals of computational thinking, like how to break big problems into small ones, create step-by-step plans, look for patterns and think outside the box through storytelling. Then, these basic concepts at the core of coding and programming will be reinforced through fun playful exercises and activities that encourage exploration and creativity.
In Ruby's world anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding, by Linda Liukas - Amazon Sales Rank: #13378 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.19" h x .53" w x 7.70" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 112 pages
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding, by Linda Liukas From School Library Journal Gr 1–4—Bubbly redhead Ruby takes readers on a journey through an imaginary world replete with talking penguins, snow leopards, robots, and foxes who unwittingly teach her basic coding concepts. When Ruby's father travels out of town, he leaves her with a challenge: to find five gems. Armed with four scraps of paper, she uses her analytic skills to draw a map of the imaginary world where the gems are hidden, and children follow Ruby as she looks for them. The hunt for each gem involves a loose tie-in to a host of coding concepts, such as sequencing, patterns, loops, and pattern recognition. Notably, though, none of these terms are used in the actual text of the story; instead they are discussed at length in the post-story "Activity Book" section. Colorful and cheerful illustrations offer enticing Easter egg clues to observant readers throughout are in both the story and the "Activity Book." The visuals also serve to pick up the slack left by the somewhat didactic text. The "Activity Book" furthers the learning of conceptual coding ideas but requires patience and concentration that the intended audience may not yet possess. Kids will not necessarily walk away knowing how to write code but may possibly grasp some of the basic concepts. VERDICT This whimsical coding story could be a great resource for mathematical-minded youngsters but might soar over the heads of those less math-inclined.—Amy M. Laughlin, Darien Library, CT
About the Author
Linda Liukas is a programmer, storyteller, and illustrator from Helsinki, Finland. The idea for Hello Ruby first made its debut on Kickstarter and quickly smashed its $10,000 funding goal in just three and a half hours gathering $380,000 in total to become Kickstarter's most funded children's book.
Linda is a central figure in the world of programming and worked on edutech before it was even called that. Linda is the founder of Rails Girls, a global phenomenon teaching the basics of programming to young women all over the world. The workshops, organized by volunteers in over 160 cities, have in a few years taught more than 10,000 women the foundations of programming.
Linda has studied in business, design, and engineering at Aalto University and product engineering at Stanford University. She was selected as the 2013 Ruby Hero (the most notable prize within the Ruby programming community) and she's the Digital Champion of Finland, appointed by EU commissioner Neelie Kroes. She lives in Helsinki, Findland.
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41 of 49 people found the following review helpful. Age appropriate and wonderful for my two daughters. By Emily P. I wasn't involved in the Kickstarter, so I can't comment on any of the pricing issues, but I can comment on what the book has meant to me.No, your child is not going to "know how to code" after reading this book. This is not textbook by any means. This book teaches programming CONCEPTS, stuff helpful to understand before approaching actual syntax and advanced concepts. This is for FOUR to EIGHT year olds, so unless your kid is a child prodigy this is perfect. I love that it explains things in simple, fun ways for my two girls. This will help them with critical thinking and problem-solving skills while their brains are barely beginning to be capable of abstract thought. This book will lay the groundwork for them, and then when the time comes for tech-oriented courses they will feel completely comfortable.I want my daughters to know that they are capable of anything, not just "girly" careers. Books like these are invaluable in changing the lopsided tech field.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Not sure what this book really teaches kids By Jes I was a kickstarter backer of this project, so I paid around $40 for the same book plus some activities that I haven't tried. We backed it thinking she would be done in August of that year, and she sent the book about a year behind schedule. As someone who works as a programmer (mostly Ruby) and taught myself from books, this book just makes no sense and it doesn't seem to really teach my daughter anything. I think if I started out with this book I would have thought that programming was just too confusing. I bet the majority of the high reviews here are from parents that don't work in tech that want to get their kid more of a STEM education. Well, I'd keep looking for a book that's more direct.First it introduces a cast of characters - Ruby; who loves learning new things, The Penguins; who speak in rude, short sentences, Django; who is a very organized kid with a snake named Python, A Snow Leopard; who's well mannered but fights with robots, The Robots; which have hundreds of siblings and are flexible and fast, and finally the Foxes; who love gardening, being friendly and don't like their freedom limited. You'd think these descriptions will start to make more sense as you read it, but it comes off more as inside joke that only adults will get.In the first chapter it introduces you to Ruby. She doesn't like to clean, and only follows the exact directions her parents give her. They said to put on clothes but didn't specify to take off your pjs first? Better put them on over the pjs. This is supposed to explain the directions within code, but since it never explains that or mentions code it's basically just a long description of a strange bratty child. In chapter two, she finds a postcard from her dad which tells her he's hidden 5 gems. She has no clue where to look, and finds some trash on the floor with notes such as 'snow leopard lives on a mountain = true', 'penguins live in a house = false' and 'steps south to Foxes from Snow Leopard: 100 X 4' along with an address. In chapter 3, she draws out a map marking where penguins are, the address for the robots, and the snow leopards. I was hoping it'd challenge you to figure out these parts from the directions she found in the last chapter, but it just writes out a map for you without any chance to figure it out first. She decides that each of these locations must be where the gems are, and she'll need to find the fifth gem. That seems rather presumptuous, since the trash could have nothing to do with her dad's postcard. But nevermind that, she takes off to the penguins with her map in hand.In chapter 4, it introduces you to the penguins. They are very smart, but hard to understand because all they'll say is stuff like 'grep' or 'chmod' and 'awk'. She tries to talk to the penguins, but they just reply with more gibberish so Ruby decides she needs to be more specific. So this time instead of asking if they've seen her dad's gem, she describes how big the item she's looking for is. This time they say 'true!' and point to the river so they all work together to build a raft to get the gem out of the river. That's it, no more penguins. Now my daughter uses an ubuntu (linux) computer, but there's no way she'd understand without further explanation that this just taught her something about linux or even her computer for that matter. And what exactly did it teach? That it's daunting and confusing and makes no real sense? Why did Ruby know that she had to rephrase the question? Normally linux gives a very specific error in these types of circumstances.. not just throwing out other random commands at you.And well, this is basically how the rest of the book goes. She stops by the Snow Leopard who likes things tidy and is upset about a gem that's shining in his eyes. So Ruby builds a ladder by repeating her steps 5 times and gets the gem. I get that the Snow Leopard is supposed to be OS X/Macs, but I have no clue what that chapter is supposed to teach you about them. Then she goes by the Foxes who are gardening and making a mess because they keep repeating tasks. She gives them directions for gardening and tells them to repeat some steps 5 times and then finds a gem in the dirt. I'm not even sure what the foxes are supposed to be here.. I'm really starting to lose track at this point on what I should be learning. Anyways, next she goes to the Robot's house. They teach her how to make cupcakes and she finds a gem within the cupcake. No real explanation here on what bots are either, which seems rather simple to add in.. just that they like to cook. Next she goes into the forest and runs into a boy named Django with a snake and a gem around his neck. He offends her by calling it his forest, which again reminds you how bratty she is.. she really has no clue if this is his yard, etc but gets upset anyways. She tries to make a bridge over another river to get away from him, but fails until they fasten the python to it and have him help swim it to the other side.. which surprisingly just works with no further details. She sees all of her friends smiling at her in the forest, the penguin, the fox, a robot, and a snow leopard and decides she doesn't need the 5th gem after all and goes home.I seriously have no idea what I was supposed to learn here.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful. this book is so much fun. In each short chapter By allygmail Adventures in Coding Early Concepts might have been a clearer title. It is for younger learners and touches briefly on the ideas *behind* coding rather than teach you how to code something by the end of the book. I think some of the negative reviews are because this is not made so clear in the item description/title.For my 6 year old daughter (and her IT geek Daddy), this book is so much fun. In each short chapter, a few simple concepts are woven into the story & then there are fun activities in the back of the book that build on that concept (and I think more on the authors blog).So no, you would not have a child who can sit down and program something from scratch by the end of this book, but YES you would have a younger child who has been exposed to some of the logic etc skills to code someday....and had fun in the process.I think this book is an asset to our homeschool.
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