Classic children's books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation - The Guardian [Archive]

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01-10-2015, 14:17

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHvZrXwQRuBD4k7Mw1yZ_2wmUZPhg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=j0ANVvDyE4en1AaZj7fwAQ&url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/01/usborne-books-teach-children-code-lisa-watts"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTU8uU56ng9vIzDgipvR7XHs8_ZUmyy6 nhq6J_AHXGAMtxwXXSOcg2fBFlr2nhtkITtP-R7mZ0" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"> The Guardian</a></td><td valign="top" class="j"> <div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHvZrXwQRuBD4k7Mw1yZ_2wmUZPhg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=j0ANVvDyE4en1AaZj7fwAQ&url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/01/usborne-books-teach-children-code-lisa-watts">Classic children's books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation</a> The Guardian “Very rapidly after the ZX81 you got the affordable Commodore 64, the BBC Micro, Atari and all that lot, which kids had in their bedrooms and didn't know what to do with,” she says. “There was instantly a very strong demand, and the books fulfilled ... <a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dcwVa5Qq10JnzTM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"></a></div></td></tr></table>

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