Book for gifted 12 year old.

[Christopher Sawtell]

Kim Rose wrote:
> Hi, Christopher -
> Is she using the 'etoy' /programming with tiles interface or other 
> interface in Squeak?
> Kim

Oh yes, and enjoying it greatly! And since I showed her the button in 
the square at the top of the scripting panel, she clicks in there after 
almost operation with a tile to see what the computer has put into her 
script!

Out of the run-of-the-mill mold, this child is not!

What I'm really looking for is a book / paper / www site which explains 
how to use the various browsers, and yet is written in such a way that 
it neither assumes that you have already had years of experience with 
computers, nor are a rather dim 6 or 7 year old.

I know that such a book is probably not available, because I spent most 
of yesterday afternoon on Amazon.com looking for something which might 
be appropriate, but was disappointed. It would seem that there might be 
niche waiting to be filled.

I did however order a copy of your book for myself, I look forward to 
reading it.

--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell.

>> Greetings List,
>>
>>   I need some guiding about a book title for a very talented girl of 
>> about 12 who is getting into squeak _very_ fast.
>>
>> Is there anything out there - on paper or otherwise - which is between 
>> the "How to make a halo appear" type of tutorial and the complex 
>> utterances from the real cognoscenti?
>>
>> Tnx a 10^6.
>>
>> -- 
>> Sincerely etc.,
>> Christopher Sawtell.
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