Do you have a favorite book that supports the Computer Science and Computing Initiative? Elementary, Middle School or High School? We would love to hear your favorites. The Arkansas Department of Education Office of Computer Science believes that books provide students opportunities to explore, learn and imagine their expanding world.
Each year of this program approximately 900 K-8 public school libraries received coding devices and coding related books. For 2022, we are asking YOU for computer science and computing related books that you would like to see distributed to public schools around the state.
Previously Provided Books Include:
• Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code – Laurie Wallmark
• Doll-E 1.0 – Shanda McCloskey
• Emmy in the Key of Code – Aimee Lucido
• Code Your Own Games with Scratch - Max Wainewright
• Sasha Savvy Loves to Code - Sasha Ariel Alston
• If I Were a Wizard - Paul Hamilton
• Secret Coders Volumes 1 & 2 - Gene Leun Yang and Mike Holmes
• Journey Through the United Field - Cassie B. Barlow and Sue Hill Norrod
• Who Says Women Can’t be Computer Programmers? The Story of Ada Lovelace - by Tanya Lee Stone and Marjorie Priceman
• Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding - Linda Liukas
• The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3)
• Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences (Secret Coders, 3)
• Elon Musk: A Kid's Book About Inventions (Mini Movers and Shakers)
• Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Young Readers' Edition
• Warcross by Marie Lu
• Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
Please let us hear about your K-12 coding related book recommendations today! You may fill out this form multiple times to recommend different books.
Please share this with any educators that you think would like to provide a recommendation.
Note, this is not a voting form; recommending the same book multiple times will not ensure its inclusion.
