How to Code a Sandcastle

Great introduction to coding concepts! My daughter, Allure Wilson (8 years old), explained loops, “if/else,” and why you must be specific when coding. She thought Pascal’s mistakes were funny and loved how the story connected to real coding logic. Highly recommended for young STEM learners!LaTonya & Allure Wilson

Nice book!

This is a super fun story that includes basic coding vocabulary. I read it to my 4-year-old as well as to my fifth-graders, and it was a hit with everyone. The fifth graders loved learning a little bit about coding while enjoying a great story. They were fascinated to learn the author, Josh Funk's, background in coding, and loved how he combined his computer skills with his writing.

Coding is all the rage in our school district. Students do it during tech class, they take after school enrichment classes in coding, they code at home! This book will inspire budding coders to try their hand at this fun hobby. I love the illustrations and the back matter that explains the coding terms used in the book. I’m excited to see future books in this series.

IMHO coding will be a required skill in many professions of the future. So I wanted to introduce my kids to all the cool things coding can do for them. This story really caught my happy-go-lucky daughter’s attention. Thanks!

Used this as a read aloud for first grade and would use it in first through fifth to introduce coding.

This book is amazing. So many educational books just aren’t entertaining, or entertaining books don’t actually teach useful lessons. My almost three year old son wants me to read this one again and again. It introduces the concept of breaking big problems into steps, giving specific instructions, putting steps in the right order, using loops, and how once you’ve written code you can use it again easily. As a woman in tech with a male child, I especially appreciate that the main character is a girl, but the book isn’t girly or just for girls. It’s just shown as totally normal that there’s a girl coder. I hope they come out with more books like this!

I first read this book in the library & liked it so much I bought one for my niece & one for my son. They both like the story & illustrations.

for children and grown ups. really good.

Excelente livro para iniciar a compreensão dos códigos. Leitura envolvente

This worked very well for a coding lesson in my kindergarten class. It is engaging and easy for the students to understand. It is easy to plan activities that compliment the story.

Great book for teaching kids in grade 4 how to code

Used it to teach Grade 2 students about the idea of coding and giving instructions. It went very well. The book uses clear metaphors and is charming to read.