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Title: Why Doesn't My Floppy Disk Flop? : And Other Kids' Computer Questions Answered by the CompuDudes® by Peter Cook, Scott Manning ISBN: 0-471-18429-2 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 02 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: From Children's Literature Review
Comment: Using a question-and-answer format with mundane cartoon illustrations, the authors deal with typical questions young readers ask about hardware, software, the Internet, computer manners, and the "hard to predict" future of computers. Aside from a few geeky projects (a CD-ROM mobile), the book has things fun to know, such as a list of emoticons, many interesting websites arranged by topic to try, and a helpful glossary for those who have trouble separating an FAQ from a CPU. Some answers are pretty technical for younger readers but this is the kind of book you read in rather than through, and computer users from the most naive to the above-average in skills will find something of use here.
Reviewed by Susan Hepler. Copyright @ 2000 Children's Literature. All Rights Reserved.
Rating: 5
Summary: More reviews from Publishers Weekly, San Diego, etc.
Comment: Publishers Weekly:
May 24, 1999
The anchors of the CompuDudes NPR radio show answer kids' computer questions in Why Doesn't My Floppy Disk Flop? by Peter Cook and Scott Manning, illus. by Ed Murrow. From definitions of words such as "bug" and "hyperlink" to tips about how to get peanut butter off a keyboard, the book provides comprehensible and useful answers to a wide range of queries.
From The Union-Tribune - (San Diego, CA):
May 11, 1999
by Suzanne A. Smith
Why Doesn't My Floppy Disk Flop? is an excellent first book about computers for children ages 8 and up. The authors, Cook and Manning, are better known as the "CompuDudes," hosts of a popular computing show for kids on National Public Radio. This book is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions they have received on the show.
Cook and Manning answer questions, from the simple ("what is my computer doing when I first turn it on?") to the more complicated ("what is a cable modem?"), to the humorous ("why don't they make computers in colors?"). The answers to these questions are technically accurate and written in a casual, patient style that is easy for kids to read.
The book also includes some fun, computer-related activities, such as making a CD-ROM mobile, writing a simple program in BASIC, and helping Mom and Dad plan the family summer vacation using the Internet.
A useful chapter at the end of the book is titled, "Good Computer Habits." Here, kids learn how to considerately share a computer with others, back up the hard drive, safely participate in chat rooms, and even how to clean the computer monitor.
This book is good for young children who have expressed an interest in learning more about computers. Mom and Dad may even learn a few things as well.
Forecast - (Bridgewater, NJ):
May 1999
Discusses the history of computers and explains their various parts and uses, hardware, software, the Internet, good computer etiquette, and their future, and includes sidebars which answer questions that were asked on the author's radio show. Original. Grades 3-4.
Rating: 5
Summary: Here's a review from the St. Paul Pioneer Press Newspaper
Comment: From the St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press newspaper:
Monday, April 12, 1999
JEFFREY C. KUMMER STAFF WRITER
"......For a fun guide to computers in general, try, ``Why Doesn't My Floppy Disk Flop: and Other Kids' Computer Questions,'' by Peter Cook and Scott Manning, John Wiley & Sons. Besides being a handy reference for the kinds of computer questions that baffle kids (and adults, too), the book is packed with activities to help children learn more about computers."
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Title: The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed: A Book About Computers (Magic School Bus) by Nancy White, Maggie Sykora, John Spiers, Joanna Cole, Scholastic Productions, John Speirs ISBN: 0590187317 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Mousetracks: A Kid's Computer Idea Book by Peggy L. Steinhauser ISBN: 1883672481 Publisher: Tricycle Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: 101 Things to Do With Your Computer (Usborne Computer Guides) by Gillian Doherty, Griff, Philippa Wingate, Howard Allman ISBN: 0746029357 Publisher: E D C Publications Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Computer Fun for Everyone : Great Things to Do and Make with Any Computer by Elin Kordahl Saltveit, Mark Saltveit ISBN: 0471244503 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Computer from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman ISBN: 0865054096 Publisher: Crabtree Pub Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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