Get Coding! Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and Build a Website, App, and Game

This coding manual from Young Rewired State, a “worldwide community of digital makers age eighteen and under,” offers a story-driven course in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Cartoon illustrations introduce three characters—Professor Bairstone, Dr. Day, and Ernest (a dog)—who invite readers to join them in a quest to safeguard the valuable “Monk Diamond” by embarking on six “missions” outlined in each chapter. By following detailed coding instructions, readers can build a web page for Professor Bairstone (complete with tags and images hosted by an accompanying website, getcodingkids.com), create a web-based to-do-list app, learn how to embed a Google map on a web page, and create a JavaScript game meant to train the security team before an exhibition of the fictitious diamond, among other projects. While the diamond storyline can be a bit fuzzy, the programming explanations are clear, and the book’s hands-on approach lets readers learn the basics of coding while seeing real-time results. Ages 9–12. (Aug.)