[Chicago-talk] Books for Teen Daughter

[Jonathan Rockway]

On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 06:16 -0800, Domenic Tassone wrote:
> Greetings from Palo Alto...wondering if anyone has any good books
> suggestions for a teenage daughter interested in programming - ideally Perl
> specific.

How much does she like math?  If she likes it, "The Little Schemer" (by
Friedman and Felleisen; 0262560992) is an excellent introduction to
computer science.  It teaches most of the important concepts (like
recursion) with small one-sentence question/answer sessions.
Recommended.

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway