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Ladyada's "E is for Electronics" is a coloring book adventure with electronic components and their inventors. Makers of all ages can learn, color, and share common parts and historical figures throughout history. Explore the world of electronics with Ladyada as your guide! Here's an excerpt: "A diode lets electrons flow in only one direction. It works like a switch: when current is flowing one way, the switch is on, but...

Coding for kids is cool with Raspberry Pi and this elementary guide! Even if your kids don't have an ounce of computer geek in them, they can learn to code with a Raspberry Pi and this wonderful book. Written for 11 to 15-year-olds and assuming no prior computing knowledge, this book uses the wildly successful, low-cost, credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi computer to explain fundamental computing concepts. Young people will enjoy going through...

There are hundreds of hackerspaces around the world - teaching, sharing and becoming valuable parts of their local communities. As makers travel from place to place a popular thing to do is to visit a local hackerspace and get your very own hackerspace passport stamped! Adafruit is pleased to have these in stock now! We spent a long time testing different materials and embossing to make these Hackerspace passports something you'll have for a...

Ladyada's R is for Robotics  is a coloring book adventure with robots, their inventors and more. Makers of all ages can learn, color and share their favorite robots and roboticists. Ranging from Isaac Asimov and his three laws of robotics to the Jacquard loom,   the R is for Robotics  A-Z coloring book is not just an art class endeavor, but also a history lesson and a homage to the past and to the future of robotics....

We are very excited to carry a new book by Adafruit Learning System author and maker  Kathy Ceceri !  Robots are everywhere! They vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, and play with us at home. They sample rocks from other planets, survey disaster zones from the air, and bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. Explore the roles robots play in our world and learn about the history, engineering,...

Combining coding and paper circuits has never been cuter! Created by Jie Qi and illustrated by K-Fai Steele,  Love to Code: Volume 1 – Microsoft MakeCode Edition is a full-colored, easy-to-approach book that will make everyone fall in love with coding. It's geared towards educators and young makers who want to dive in Microsoft's block-based language.  Your helpful and adorable spirit animal guide is Fern...

In 2013, illustrator Lee John Phillips began a project of one drawing a day, documenting the miscellany from his late grandfather's shed. Philips' Shed Project has enjoyed widespread coverage in the media and around the world.  In his own words: "My grandfather, Handel Jones, died in 1994. His shed has remained relatively untouched. My grandmother treats it as a mausoleum. He was a practical man and would spend a great deal of...

"If you've got a good idea, and you know it's going to work, go ahead and do it." – Grace Hopper Grace Hopper dedicated her life to solving computer problems. With her passion for problem-solving and insatiable curiosity, "Amazing Grace" revolutionized computer programming.  Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code is an inspiring, upbeat picture-book biography of one of STEM's unsung heroes....

The best notebook on earth, The Maker's Notebook. From the creators of Make Magazine comes the Maker's Notebook. Put your own ideas, diagrams, calculations & notes down in these 150 pages of engineering graph paper. We've also included 20 bonus pages of reference material, from useful stuff like electronics symbols, resistor codes, weights and measures, basic conversions and more, to really useful stuff like the amount of caffeine in...

Manga Guide to Electricity by Kazuhiro Fujitaki, Matsuda, and Trend-pro Co, Ltd. Now in stock in the Adafruit store and shipping immediately! Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the land of electricity, but she's totally failed her final electricity exam! Now she has to go to summer school on Earth. And this time, she has to pass. Luckily, her ever-patient tutor Hikaru is there to help. Join them in the pages of The...

There aren't many projects out there specifically designed for dads and their daughters - and while our Learn System has a bounty of projects, sometimes you just want your weekend plans in book form so you can flip through with your daughters and wind up working on something fun. Enter Mark Frauenfelder, editor in chief of MAKE Magazine. With Maker Dad , Frauenfelder has put together a book full of 24 different projects that are specifically...

Imagine the joy of hearing your young one chatting away about holographic ninja or time-traveling joysticks. From Android to Zombie, this educational book will entertain children and parents alike. Suitable for children & l33t hackers 0-5+ My Little Geek by Andrew & Sarah Spear (3:28)

This is a early-learning activity book for Young Makers (sug. 5-7 years) with some cut-out/popsicle-stick/glue/rubber-band type projects. No electronics and soldering so its very simple and safe. We think it's an adorable introduction to having robot friends. From the publisher: "Build your very own awesome automaton step by step from a base unit to the towering, terrifying, tremor-triggering robot of your dreams. This book provides everything...

Scratch is the wildly popular ­educational programming language used by ­millions of first-time learners in classrooms and homes worldwide. By dragging ­together colorful blocks of code, kids can learn computer programming concepts and make cool games and animations. The latest version, Scratch 2, brings the language right into your web browser, with no need to download software. In Super Scratch Programming Adventure! , kids learn...

Sylvia's Super Awesome Project Book - Super Simple Arduino is a book written and illustrated by young maker superstar Sylvia.  Sylvia's a kid who loves making, tinkering, and art projects.  She's also the star of Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show -  an online series about STEM concepts with millions of views. In this book, Sylvia sets her sights on the inimitable Arduino microcontroller with fun projects,...

A beautifully-illustrated tale of a girl and her dream to become a great engineer. Where some people see rubbish, Rosie Revere sees inspiration. Alone in her room at night, shy Rosie constructs great inventions from odds and ends. Hot dog dispensers, helium pants, python-repelling cheese hats. Rosie’s gizmos would astound—if she ever let anyone see them. Afraid of failure, she hides them away under her bed. Until a fateful visit from...

LEO the Maker Prince teaches children (both young and old) about 3D printing by following Carla and LEO's journey through Brooklyn. LEO is a walking, talking robot who has the magical ability to to print (in plastic) any object that Carla draws. The other robots have their own special capabilities: H1-H0 prints in metal, Sinclair-10 can find and print objects from a huge catalog of designs, and the others (including AL1C3-D, IRIS-7, and...

Authored by Chase Cunningham and Heather Dahl, who both work for cybersecurity consulting firms, “ The Cynja: Volume 1 ” aims to introduce children to the world of cybersecurity and teach them how to protect their computers through the awesomeness of comics! Hidden deep inside our planet’s virtual world, hiding in the darkened cyber alleys of our digital neighborhoods, a new generation of bad guys has risen. Zombies, worms,...

Crack open " The Cynja Field Instruction Manual " & learn how to be a cyberhero! Today, our battlefield is a new frontier, one that’s invisible to all but those with cyber powers. It’s time to train a new kind of superhero—one who will protect cyberspace from attack! Join the Cynsei, as he helps you acquire cyber powers to fight zombies, worms and botnets. The world needs boys and girls with the digital smarts to...

Learn how to extend Minecraft and create a new gaming experience, by exploring the magical world of Minecraft programming!  Adventures in Minecraft , like other books in the highly successful Adventures series, is written especially for 11- to 15-year-olds. With this book you will learn new programming skills while having fun with Minecraft! Minecraft programming experts David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon walk you step-by-step through...

Discontinued - you can grab Coloring book - "Ladyada's E is for electronics"  instead!    Have fun exploring the world of electricity! With a few essential materials – including an LED, batteries, copper wire, and magnets – you can make every project in this book. Step-by-step instruction will show you how in  Electricity for Young Makers: Fun & Easy Do-It-Yourself Projects ! Learning to be a...

In 2013, illustrator Lee John Phillips began a project of one drawing a day, documenting the miscellanea from his late grandfather's shed. Phillips' Shed Project has enjoyed widespread coverage in the media and around the world.  This lovingly commemorated and beautifully designed journal features 40 illustrations from Phillips' "Shed Project". With its wood effect cover and three different paper stocks, the Toolshed...

The creators of the  New York Times  bestselling picture books  Rosie Revere, Engineer  and  Iggy Peck, Architect  are back with a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use science to understand her world.  Ada Twist, Scientist,  from powerhouse team Andrea Beaty and David Roberts, is a celebration of STEM, perseverance, and passion. Like her classmates,...

"That girl thinks she's the queen of the neighborhood She's got the hottest trike in town That girl she holds her head up so high I think I want to be her best friend, yeah Rebel girl, rebel girl Rebel girl, you are the queen of my world" Girl CEO is an illustrated collection to inspire and motivate rebel girls, young entrepreneurs, and other trailblazing tweens and teens with success stories and practical advice from leading...