Win Usborne Computers & Coding (ended)
Usborne make the most fantastic factual books for kids, and since he was a toddler Ryland has regularly been found with his nose stuck into his favourite books from the ‘See inside’ series – Human Body, Space and Recycling & Rubbish. A great addition to the lift-the-flap series of guides is ‘Computers and Coding’, a fun and fascinating tour of computers – and you can win a copy here at SuperLucky!
I was a big geek at junior school, and aged eleven I went to summer school to program robots. Most weekends I spent hours typing huge BASIC programs into my ZX Spectrum, making little quizzes and games. As I grew older I lost interest – although funnily enough, my first ‘real’ job in 1997 was working for a computer games company called Eidos Interactive. I was typesetting the manuals for Tomb Raider in ten different languages – but sometimes I wish I’d stuck with the programming!
Anyway, back to the book. Lift-the-flap Computers and Coding is a great way to educate kids (and grown ups, actually) about what actually goes on inside a computer. Although he’s only five, Ry’s reading is coming on a treat and he was fascinated by the book. Coding is on the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1, and this book simplifies it so children can understand.
Win! Lift-the-flap Computers and Coding
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Usborne ‘Computers and Coding’ book
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My grandson Robbie
my son would love it
My daughter
My son, as he is really into this.
My friend’s daughter .. she is just the right age to enjoy this book x
Fabulous I would give it to my grandkids
Di the ZX Spectrum bought back memories. Though I could only manage to fill the screen with my name! We have a 5yo and this would be great for him…and us 🙂
My nephew, hes already a bit of a computer geek so he would love it!
I would read it myself as I’m sure I could learn a lot but would give to my friends little boy
My lovely Grandson William would really appreciate this book
My step grandson he is starting to show a real interest in coding so we need to encourage him. Maybe one day he will solve a world changing problem.
My son
I would actually read it WITH my son – he may be able to give me some tips!
I’d give it to my son, his first computer coding book:)
Jess Maund – i would give this to my 2 yr old Coding/Ipad/Iphone crazy son lol
My niece
I would give it to my son
I would give it to my daughter
I would give it to my school’s library.
To my son who will be learning basic coding in school soon.
My little cousin Luca!
I will give it to my niece Maddison. Her birthday is the 19th December and then I have Christmas so this would be a nice extra gift!
my partners little brother
I’d keep it for Eli and probably have a sneaky read myself
I would give it my lovely niece Jade 😀
I would give it to my two children to share……
I would give it to my daughter
I would give it to my 5 year old as I think he would love it (and I might learn a few things too!)
I keep it on the bookshelf until my 4 year old was ready (and bone up myself a bit!)
My nephew (although it would probably help me!) (@PeanutHog)
This would be for my grandson
my nephew he is lapping up every thing computers !
I would give this to my son as he’d love it x
I would give this to my niece. I would love for her to follow me into coding! 🙂
I would give this to my lovely nephew Oliver!
I have a family member in mind
It’s with a friends child in mind, just starting to show an interest although er…I might have a quick flip through first 😉
It would be for our grandson
my son Max aged 5 – he has just started doing basic coding at school
My daughter Emily
My eldest granddaughter is in yr 2. & just starting learning all about computers & coding. This would be brilliant for her.
My son he loves computers
My Grandson, Beau, he’s a little Einstein!!
I would give this to my Son, Sebastian!
My Daughter who is 12, once she has read it then it can be passed to the near 7 and near 9 year olds 😀
The grandchildren or maybe I need it
my son
I would give it to my Oldest son of 10, I’m sure he will love it
Our Grandaughter, she can read it with her Grandad as he is into programming and all that and he has been slowly introducing her to this world, so this would help.
My sons! My dad is a high level computer tech engineer, he would be impressed with this book too, he likes to know his grandson are learning. Also Usborne book are traffic love them 🙂
I would give it to my nephew Ryan, he loves anything to do with computers and learning a new skill would really boost his confidence.
My friend’s little boy
my daughter
My grandson x
I would give this to my son
My niece, she’s really into technology and reading. This would give her a boost in both!
my daughter 🙂
my daughter would love this x
My Goddaughter, Sienna, who is 3 on her birthday. She already knows more about tech than I do lol so this would be fab for her x
My Granddaughter, Lucy age 4. It seems to be a natural progression from Peppa Pig to coding – a sign of the times!
I’d hang on to it for next year’s Christmas for my daughter. She’s only three but husband was a computer geek from an early age too and can’t wait to get her started on it.
My god sons who’s eight and I’m sure will have to use his computing skills to help me out very soon lol! Dxx
I would love to win for my 8yr old Tommy
My son he is like a sponge and loves finding out about everything!
I’m going to give it to my nephew Samuel (aged 6) and hopefully he can one day pass it on to his kid brother Euan (aged 4).
I would give it to my son
Junior B. At the age of 5 he already thinks he knows more than me. Now he can beat me on my specialist subject 🙂
Myself
My son! My sister in law is always going on about how I can’t miss the boat with this!
I’d give it my mum, she’s a disaster on computers so it would be great to teach her how to get the most out of her gadgets
I would give it to my Son Mason, His dad is into this sort of stuff (It is his job after all!) And tries to explain things to him all the time.. i think this would make it much easier to understand
My grandson Harry can’t wait to get in a flap on a fact-finding mission about computers and coding.
my grandaughter x
Seems Kool
I would give it to my boyfriend’s daughter. 🙂
I would give this book to my little boy who loves going on the computer and knows more about them than me!
I’d give it to my daughter. She’s only 3, so she’d need a bit of time to grow into it. But I know she’d love the flaps now. And she’s really into gadgets.
I will give it to my son 🙂
Id give it my my nephew 🙂
I would give it to my son Ethan.
I’d give it to my son (after I’d read it myself to see if I can understand a word of it!)
I’d love this for my son as he’s struggling with this at school
I would give it to my nephew.
(y) I would like this so I can help my grandchildren. I am pretty computer savvy but this is a whole new area for me 🙂
I’d give it to my nieces 🙂
My nephew would love it
I would give to granddaughter. Coding is the way to go – we need to have technology ‘creators’ more than ‘consumers’.
Would give it to our young friend Herbie as he is keen on anything technical!
I don’t get how computers work so this would be great for me, lol!
I’d be giftng it to my son but secretly I would actually love to read it myself. Really liked geeky stuff as a kid but never pursued it as I grew older.
I would give it to my son who is getting very interested in the computers just now. This would be a great help to him xx
I’d give it to my niece, who she seems quite fascinated by the iPads and phones in the house!
I’d give it to my 14 year old twins to keep them occupied for a few hours.
Some cousins (well, sort of cousins, it all gets complicated when you try to explain) who love the idea of robots and machines, so this could help them on their path.
I’d give it to my nephew who loves computers and programs robots!!
I’d give to Jonah my Grandson aged 8, who has a real yearn to learn !
I’d give it to my daughter – she’s a bit young yet, but it would be a great addition to her little library! 🙂
Annelies 😀
my son
my daughter!
I would give this to my 10 year old Son who has actually just this week been talking about coding!! ( I haven’t a clue what it’s all about) So maybe it would be good for me to!! 🙂
my younger son. x
I would gift it to my grandson. Thanks Di
my cousin he is amazing at computers for his age and this book would make him even better!
I would give it to my 9 year old daughter.
I’ll gift it to my nephew! I think it will be super useful!
Looks fun for my friends child
My son who is 5, he really loves Minecraft at the moment, and coding is his next step!!
My daughter has just been voted digital ambassador at school – she would love this (@MummyFever)
My son would love this!!
Skye aged 6
My 6yo daughter, she is a geek who knows more than I do!
My nephew, he would love it
My Son would love this. His love his computers and books!
My son, he has joined a coding club at school so this would be a benefit to him
My son who has been learning about coding at school
My son who is doing this at school x
My niece, she’s such a smart cookie
My Daughter who is fab with computers and wants to be a game developer when she is older, so this would be perfect for her!
My cousin would love this, he’s obsessed with computers! what a great giveaway , thank you x
I would give this to my nephew…such a great book
This would go into my eldest son’s stocking.
I think I might just keep it myself, or give it to my friend for her daughter!
excellent idea!
My son as he seems to be a natural using computers and he is only nearly 4 and has autism
This prize would go right to my best friend’s son, who calls me Auntie Rose! His daddy is a games programmer at a video games company, so this would be perfect.
my daughter
I would give it to my son 🙂 xx
Fab book. My son has joined a lunchtime coding club at school. This might help me understand what he’s talking about!!
For my daughter
my nephew
My son would like reading and find interesting
I would give this too my son, he takes after his dad and is very good with computers
I’d give this to my 9yr old son
Oh I’d love to get this for my daughter, its such a good thing for kids to learn nowdays.
Uh!!! For these nerdy parents this would be awesome for my little RJ! – Alejandra here!! 🙂
Love this! I would definitely be giving it to my Granddaughter. She is the same age as your little boy Ry, and also loves reading and all things ‘techy’ 🙂
To my two boys thank you!
My son as I home educate him and we love books to help us.
I would give this to my sister
I would give this brilliant book to my two boys Jackson age 6 and Peyton age 5 to share, they often ask me about computers and how they work, so this book would be marvellous as they would finally get the answers to the questions they ask .
Love the Usbourne books. I would give it to my son.
May grandson is learning coding so this help no end
I would let my daughter who is 7 and son who 5 share it. They would love this as they are very into computing.
That looks fantastic & perfect for my 6 yr old granddaughter, Tabitha, who studies coding at school. These see-inside books are brilliant! She has earth & space ones too, and several on her Christmas list.