Ask HN: Programming books for beginners

I will be teaching some programming to an absolute beginner and am wondering what HN thinks is a good book for absolute beginners. So please share your thoughts. I'm considering starting with 'Learn Pyhton the Hard Way'. Some background: She has some experience maintaining and setting up WordPress websites but I would say it is fairly limited. I'm looking to teach fundamentals more than making her ready for a job although that would be welcome in the long run. So, gaining some understanding or being able to pivot to PHP and/or JavaScript is never a bad thing in this job market (Amsterdam).