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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The teenage phenoms behind viral video game Tampon Run share how their knowledge of coding and gaming -- not to mention their unique perspectives as women in a male-dominated industry -- has transformed their outlooks. They give advice on everything you need to know to start changing your own world : from a clear, concise guide to coding, to the lowdown on the inner workings of the tech industry, to insider tips from female tech founders on how they...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since 2012, the organization Girls Who Code has taught computing skills to and inspired over 10,000 girls across America. Now its founder, Reshma Saujani, provides down-to-earth explanations of coding principles, as well as real-life stories of girls and women working at places like Pixar and NASA. This book seeks to show what a huge role computer science plays in modern life and how much fun it can be.
Author
Series
Girls who code volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lucy is super excited about coding club at school. She has an idea for an app, and can't wait to get started. Her excitement turns to disappointment when she's put into a work group with girls she barely knows. All she wanted to do was make an app that she believes will help someone very special to her. When she begins to get cryptic coding messages and needs help translating them, Lucy discovers that coding and friendship take time, dedication, and...
5) Space heroes
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
Author
Series
Girls who code volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Maya starts spending a lot of time with Maddie, an old friend, her friends from coding club worry she won't finish her part of the project, coding the lights and music for the winter dance.