Snake Wrangling for Kids taught both my cousin and I how to use python. I'm 25, he's 12. It uses the turtle graphics library to teach the basics and it's fun and friendly and is a good starter -- and really, once you get past the first hurdle of wrapping your head around how programming languages work, the rest is a lot easier.
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Snake Wrangling for Kids taught both my cousin and I how to use python. I'm 25, he's 12. It uses the turtle graphics library to teach the basics and it's fun and friendly and is a good starter -- and really, once you get past the first hurdle of wrapping your head around how programming languages work, the rest is a lot easier.