You can explain coding in a half hour without a book. Just walk through the steps to accomplish some everyday task, like making a cup of tea. Programming is ju

You can explain coding in a half hour without a book. Just walk through the steps to accomplish some everyday task, like making a cup of tea. Programming is just steps to do a task and a computer is a thing that can repeat those steps - you don't need a book to explain it - I just did it in a few sentences. The only proper way to learn something is for it to be useful in your life. If there are games or opportunities to modify games using some scripting languages - kids will want to learn it. Books are not fun for most kids, so you're going about it wrong - if you can't make it fun for them without books, you've already failed. Books are good for additional information and a reference, after you've been taught something by a good teacher. They are a bad tool for learning just about everything.