It's not a book, but check out things like Swift Playgrounds, Redstone in Minecraft, and Roblox (for Lua). Otherwise, work on projects with them. I'm a child w

It's not a book, but check out things like Swift Playgrounds, Redstone in Minecraft, and Roblox (for Lua). Otherwise, work on projects with them. I'm a child who learned to code with adult resources as well, and the only reason I stuck with it is that I was making things. Stupid, silly things, but it hooked me for life. I also liked the social aspect: I was a rural child who had nobody else around who liked nerd stuff other than my parents, and I was more than willing to learn to code if it meant I could have friends and not be bored like I was in school. I can't recall ever using a book, actually. It was mostly documentation + discussions. I'd actually say it might be better to take them through projects and when you get stuck, show them how to look up the answer to their problem. That's what devs do in the real world.