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a boys one would be great too, screw equality let's just get as many kids programming as possible.

What? It's not for girls, it's for "children". I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure that boys are children too.

then why is the top comment banging on about solving problems for equality.

Because roughly 50% of children are girls, while less than 50% of programmers are. I just backed this to give to my son and my daughter.

...so if it's targeted at children, 50% of children will take it up, thus the ratio of male:female programmers will remain the same, there'll just be more of them.

The book is aimed at girls. It would be nice to think that children were not conditioned by gender stereotypes at the age of 6/7, but unfortunately they are.

The current gender ratio is the result of decades of gender stereotyping that things like math and science and programming were "for boys".

I'm going to believe the author when she says that this is for children. I just don't buy the idea that boys can't enjoy stories with female leads. Look at Brave or The Hunger Games. My son loves those.

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