I was looking forward to reading this book with my daughter. Honestly, there is a lot going on in this book. It may be wonderful in a classroom context where coding is being taught, but it wasn't a great fit for us to just read at home. One page has text and the other page has coding on it, which makes me think it will be nice in a classroom. The storyline in general didn't keep my daughter's attention, but I think it wasn't a fit for us. The illustrations and layout are nice.

This publisher made a copy of this book available via Netgalley. This is my honest review.

This book is a lot for a picture book. It’s short and uses actions to describe if/then statements and what they are used for. It also includes how that statement would look written in code. However, the story has a weird ending about love being unconditional. It’s just altogether too much for what is supposed to be a simple book.

This book is great for students learning how to code. The book is full of If/then statements written out in text. On the opposite the text is translated into coding. This is a great way to introduce students the differences in the languages of coding. This book seems to be intended for young students based on the illustrations but it may be challenging to understand the coding language at this time. It would need to be paired with additional lessons and activities to understand the text.

Essential coding basics for the littlest computer scientist! Using a fun simple story of if/then and colorful illustrations, this book helps little ones understand cause and effect, and some other basic concepts by relating them to what we do everyday. Or rather what little ones do everyday.

I am not sure if including actual coding language in the book might/will make sense to its intended audience; but love the straightforward way of explaining the concept(s). And love that this book uses a father-daughter duo for the story!

I also noticed that this seems to be part of a series; with at least one other book (focusing on the And/Or concept)!

In Summary
A cute series that can make it fun to teach coding to beginning coders.

Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC of this book.

"I Can Code:If/Then" is a great computer science intro book. Just like with math and writing, coding, which will soon become a part of the standard K-12 curriculum, needs to be introduced during preschool years. "I Can Code" is an engaging read that makes explicit and visual connections between cause and effect with if/then.

This was a cute coding book. I could definitely use it with kindergarten and first grade when I teach coding in my class.

I received an electronic ARC from SOURCEBOOKS Kids through NetGalley.
An introductory book that shows If/Then statements all around us. Fang uses a trip to the park to show what happens when a child plays with a ball. The book is written using simple sentence structures and lets readers see the coding used to create the same response. Brightly colored pictures pull readers in to enjoy the fun and may keep coding from seeming so scary as they grow up. If toddlers grow up with these concepts, they will be able to apply them and adapt to new fields of study later on.

Definitely one of the earliest coding books you could introduce to kids! I'd say suitable for even kindergarteners!

Coding - Too many heated arguments all over the interwebs and I have no interest whatsoever in engaging. But I do want my child to be aware of it, get oriented to it, in a way that makes it feel like less of a task. ⁣
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While our Unifix cubes are great along with many, many sequence related printables, I like to use books to help her understand certain concepts and we have been reading this book - I Can Code - If / Then by Vicky Fang and Jade Orlando for a week now. It has been well received. ⁣
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A child and her father are at the park and through their interactions little readers are made aware of how conditional statements work. It is not hard to make kids understand if/then statements. They are experts at figuring it out. Mini-me does it in the most mischievous ways possible. But this book succeeded in holding her attention. ⁣
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Text and illustrations are not overwhelming. So the person reading it aloud to the child gets a chance to personalise it the way they like. Just the basics of logic using a very familiar situation and a lovely message to wrap it up. A good primer if you ask me. ⁣
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This is an adorable book to give a basic explanation of what if/ then statements do. I like that it even has the programming language on the pages as well. Although this is written for babies, it could be very helpful for introducing the idea to older students quickly and easily.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I liked how short and precise this STEM storybook was breaking down a complex process into simple statements. Perfect for older toddlers.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

This is a cute book that will engage young children with the pictures and the if:then storyline. It will also introduce some coding concepts for older kids.

Coding has always been somewhat mind-boggling to me. I've never fully been able to wrap my mind around <em>why</em> typing in a certain code works the way it does. This is even more dejecting when I consider the fact that this is what my boyfriend does for a living. But It's confusing to me. Massively so. Still, I imagine a book like <em>I Can Conde: If/Then</em> by Vicky Fang would definitely be one we'd want to read to our children one day.

<b>The Coding</b>

I was actually genuinely surprised that the book included real coding language. And I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it's a great thing to introduce. On the other, I don't know how much young children will understand it. A part of me thinks this is the kind of book that's meant to sort of follow a reader and that they'll return to it repeatedly. In the end, it's certainly a very interesting concept.

And I <em>love</em> the idea of introducing coding information to kids early.

<b>The Story</b>

Admittedly, there's not a lot to the story. It's just an account of a father and daughter at the park. The story uses if/then scenarios to help illustrate how coding works. All these scenarios are very realistic and simple, but I think they do an excellent job of starting the introduction. It's honestly a very cute trip to the park and I love how it was focused on a father and daughter, too.

The language is a bit advanced at times, using words like <em>condition</em>, but the if/then scenarios are at least presented simply.

<b>The Artwork</b>

Illustrated by Jade Orlando, this book is actually pretty amazing as far as the artwork goes. Yes, it's all simple, but I <em>loved</em> how the background was grid-like, very reminiscent for me of technology and math. The colors are bright and vibrant, making it very easy to engage young readers. It also does an excellent job of portraying how coding relates to if/then.

I think, overall, this is a pretty solid book. It definitely allows the opportunity for education and I hope empowers a whole new set of young coders. I'm truly excited that this book exists.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebook Kids for my copy of I Can Code: If/Then by Vicky Fang in exchange for an honest review. It publishes October 1, 2020.
This was a fun and colorful primer for beginning coders. I have three budding coders and they were very interested in the vernacular in this book. The illustrations and concepts were presented in a simple, age-appropriate way, and to be honest, I know nothing about coding and learned a thing or two!
This would make a great gift!

This title for young children follows a dad and his child as it teaches some very basic coding. Through the text, children see this dad and child play with a ball and more as they learn about if/then as a concept. This part of the book is presented on the left hand page. The right hand book pages then use some basic computer language and formulas to describe the actions.

This book has colorful engaging illustrations. It is the only title that I have seen on this topic that is written for the youngest children and I recommend it for that reason.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.

Using if/then statements that children will understand, the author outlines how these would be coded into a computer. I think this is a great primer to get kids interested in coding in a way that they will find interesting and feasible.

This book was a cute board book for children. I thought it was odd to have such an infantile book that talked about coding. However I think it was more of a cause and effect book, I don't think it would hold the interest in my young children. The illustrations were very nice and it was simply written.

This was a very cute way to explain the if/then concept to a child, though board book form sounds like it is aiming a little too young in its target demographic.

I love this book for the illustrations and examples of cause/effect relationships. I do not like this book for its examples of coding. The examples are more complicated than necessary, and there is a disconnect between the audience level of the story and coding portions.