Books published by publisher Odd Dot

Make it! Code it! Break it! Mod it!Meg Ray's Code This Game! is a nonfiction visual guide, illustrated by Keith Zoo, that teaches young readers, 10-14, how to program and create their very own video game. Each chapter introduces key coding concepts as kids build an action strategy game in Python, an open-source programming language. The book features an innovative stand-up format that allows kids to read, program, and play their game simultaneously. With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, Code This Game! teaches kids to build a strategy action game called “Attack of the Vampire Pizzas!” The book also teaches how to modify the game and follow one's imagination by incorporating downloadable art assets. By the time kids finish the book, they'll have mastered basic coding concepts and created a personalized game.

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential first grade science and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental science skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential kindergarten science and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental science skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential first grade math and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental math skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential kindergarten math and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental math skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

A JOKE BOOK THAT TEACHES YOU HOW TO BE FUNNY!Follow a cast of fictional funny experts into the Laugh Lab, a hilarious joke-building factory that teaches middle-grade readers how to create their own jokes, puns, silly one-liners, and more. Each chapter explores a different style of joke making, such as surprise, understatement, and exaggeration, and includes hundreds of hilarious examples.By the end of the book, readers will have a set of tools in their joke belt to make their friends and family actually LOL.The book includes more than 500 family-friendly jokes―plus zillions that you can create on your own!

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential second grade science and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials and encourage kids to learn through play. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental science skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential second grade math and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet hidden in the back cover!Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental math skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

Megan Hewes Butler's TinkerActive Workbooks: Kindergarten English is part of an exciting new workbook series that blends traditional exercises with hands-on activities--featuring illustrations by Bronwyn Gruet.Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential kindergarten English skills. Then, apply what you've learned with exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover.Vetted by award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed for all learners. They build your child's fundamental English skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.

From Star Wars, Brain Quest and Kumon workbook writer and editor Nathalie Le Du, TinkerActive Workbooks: Pre-K Math is part of an illustrated educational series that combines curriculum-based exercises designed for all learners with hands-on activities to help kids learn through play.With TinkerActive Workbooks, learning leaps off the page and into the real world. Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential pre-k math skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned with exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities and common household materials.A charming cast of characters―the fuzzy, friendly TinkerActive MotMots, creatures of all shapes and sizes―guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you’ve completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge of success hidden in the back cover and proudly display it on the included poster.Created in consultation with award-winning educators, TinkerActive Workbooks are designed so kids can learn through play! They build your child’s fundamental math skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.This workbook covers: Same & Different, Sorting, Counting to 20, Quantities, Writing Numbers, Addition & Subtraction Fundamentals, Measurement, Spatial Reasoning, and Shapes.Illustrations by Les McClaine and Anna-Maria Chung

Discover your new craft obsession with Tiny World: Pins!, for ages 10 and up!Welcome to Tiny World!: A series of cutie-patootie mini-craft kits created especially for beginners. Coupled with materials to make an adorable, miniature project, this full-color, photographic, thirty-two-page book provides an overview of pin making and step-by-step instructions to create your very own teeny-tiny corgi, watermelon, and pineapple. The easy-to-learn project can be completed in just a few hours or less and looks fabulous on your bookshelf and desk, and to show off to your friends.Materials Included: Markers, plastic, pin backings, glue, and white enamel paint.

Want to braid, twist, and style? Keith Zoo's Show-How Guides: Hair Braiding gives you the know-how you need. Through illustrated, step-by-step tutorials on 15 essential styles (plus key tips and tricks), you’ll quickly and easily master styling skills.Show-How Guides are joyful primers for curious minds--collectible, visual, step-by-step handbooks that teach the skills every kid should know! This pocket-sized 101 series introduces kids of all ages to the perennial talents, hobbies, skills, and hands-on activities they’ll treasure for a lifetime. Each book includes a curated collection of essential skills and every step is illustrated, allowing kids to truly and easily master the basics, regardless of how they learn. Finally, fun and friendly tutorials you can understand at a glance! Show-How Guides are an affordable stocking stuffer, birthday gift, or impulse buy.