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Star Wars: Absolutely BB-8 On the Run Star Wars Coding
Everything You Need This enchanting title is the Projects
to Know (Updated perfect read-aloud storybook Coding doesn’t have to be
for junior Padawans and the
and Expanded) adults who love them. Written boring! Star Wars Coding
Projects is a step-by-step
It doesn’t matter if you have by Drew Daywalt and richly visual guide to get kids of all
the wisdom of Yoda or if you illustrated throughout with ages to code games using the
don’t know your banthas from painted tableaus by Matt free programming language,
your happabores—Star Wars: Myers, the tale recounts Scratch. The book provides
Absolutely Everything You BB-8’s adventures after his everything a Padawan needs to
Need to Know will quickly break from Poe Dameron on know about making computer
make anyone a master. Newly the desert world of Jakku animations, simulations, sprites
updated since the 2015 edition, during The Force Awakens. and more, inspired by Star Wars.
this compendium of facts BB-8 makes new friends as Users will learn how to build
by writers Adam Bray and he strives to complete his their own characters, as well as
Cole Horton covers the latest secret mission, teaching the how to create fun games that
movies and the animated truth of the mantra, “Do good challenge players to navigate a
series Rebels. With behind- things and good things will spaceship through an asteroid
the-scenes moviemaking come back to you” along the field or survive the ultimate

insights and quirky factoids, way. Cute, but with a serious jetpack simulation. Coders can
like the identity of the Death message, BB-8 On the Run is also share their creations with
Star’s floor cleaners, this is an published in September by the Scratch community. It’s out

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