Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk Michael Buxton is a designer and illustrator with a wide portfolio including greetings cards, homeware and children's books. He produces quirky, fun designs with an emphasis on humour and while his work is mainly digital, he likes to keep a loose, hand-drawn feel. Michael loves to create characters and will take any chance he gets to draw monsters, cats or monster cats.

• 1: Coding the world2: What’s a program?3: Learn a language4: Coding rules, OK!5: Start and finish6: Making moves7: Block party!8: What’s a variable?9: Decision time10: Loop the loop11: Coding lessons12: Bugs and debugging13: Keep going14: Max Computer recommends15: Griz’s quiz16: Glossary17: Index18: Find out more!

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