Suggest them a couple of recent college-level books in paper (no online courses, no e-books), one introductory and one with a lot of exercises and solutions. Py

Suggest them a couple of recent college-level books in paper (no online courses, no e-books), one introductory and one with a lot of exercises and solutions. Python may be good choice a language because easier and more generalist than others. They will find their way from that, if one.