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Coding iPhone Apps for Kids: A playful introduction to Swift
by Gloria Winquist (Author) and Matt McCarthy (Author)

Booktalk: Learn how to use Swift to write programs, even if you’ve never programmed before. Anyone can use Swift to make cool apps for the iPhone or iPad. Once you master the basics, you’ll build a birthday tracker app so that you won’t forget anyone’s birthday and a platform game called Schoolhouse Skateboarder with animation, jumps, and more!

You’ll work in the Xcode playground, an interactive environment where you can play with your code and see the results of your work immediately! You’ll also learn the fundamentals of programming, like how to store data in arrays, use conditional statements to make decisions, and create functions to organize your code–all with the help of clear and patient explanations.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Around the World Right Now
by Gina Cascone (Author), Bryony Williams Sheppard (Author), and Olivia Beckman (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now.

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At six o’clock in the morning.
In San Francisco, California, people wake up to the clickety-clack of the cable car on its way to Fisherman’s Wharf.

And somewhere in the world . . .

It’s seven o’clock in the morning.
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist sits in front of his easel to paint the early morning sunlight shining down on the beautiful adobe buildings in the Plaza.

And somewhere in the world . . .

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