I don't like that book. I tried it with my kid (almost 8). The first 3 chapters are okay, but then chapter 4 goes into the discussion about floating points, integer vs. doubles, integer-to-double conversion, arithmetic precision etc.

I'd say what the heck? I want to introduce the concept of variables, control flow, for/while loops, etc. I didn't expect that he has to jump through those unnecessary concepts to get to the basic.

Granted, the book was written with good intention (father "co-wrote" the book with the kid while trying to teach him programming), but I thought the book turned into something else that IMHO is not very good. Perhaps this book is geared towards older kids, but I think kids (and certainly adults) that are any older than 8 would have been bored to death by its very slow pacing.

I may try Learning Python the hard way... still looking at it.