You can be blissfully ignorant about the advanced features of Python and still program small games, just as you don't need to know everything about BASIC's synt

You can be blissfully ignorant about the advanced features of Python and still program small games, just as you don't need to know everything about BASIC's syntax in order to code in BASIC. The problem is that most books about Python are aimed at adults, when you can just as easily make them for kids. (Which is what I did, and released it for free under a Creative Commons license at http://inventwithpython.com http://inventwithpython.com )