It’s Computer Science Education Week! These recommendations feature books about the past, present, and future of computer science that tell both fictional and real-world stories for students of all ages.
Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)
- Blips on a Screen: How Ralp Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession, by Kate Hannigan; illustrated by Zachariah Ohora
- Coding Capers: Luci and the Missing Robot, by Angela Cleveland and Tamara Zentic; illustrated by Juan Manuel Moreno
- A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
Elementary (Grades 3–5)
- Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer, by Emily Arnold McCully
- Grace Hopper, Queen of Computer Code, by Laurie Wallmark; illustrated by Katy Wu
- Lauren Ipsum, by Carlos Bueno
Middle School (Grades 6–8)
- Emmy in the Key of Code, by Aimee Lucido
- Jinxed, by Amy McCulloch
- Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes
Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)
- Girl Code, by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser
- Google It, A History of Google: How Two Students’ Mission to Organize the Internet Changed the World, by Anna Crowley Redding
- Warcross, by Marie Lu
You can find these books and many more great reads on Sora, our Citywide Digital Library, which provides free access to thousands of digital e-books and audiobooks for our students. You can also find even more great recommendations in the Computer Science Education Collection on Sora!
Missed our previous book recommendations?
Check them out in the "What We're Reading" Archive!
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR SCHOOLS
On this month's edition of the Spotlight, we're looking back on November's Climate Action Day, when schools across the five boroughs got their communities involved in helping to make our City cleaner and greener.
We're also looking back on the 2025 Arts in Schools Report Showcase, held on December 9 at Tweed Courthouse, which highlighted and celebrated NYCPS' annual release of data and information concerning the status of arts instruction in City schools.
On behalf of NYCPS, we thank everyone who participated in these events!
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Back in November, students at the Bronx Lab School for Historical Discovery (PS 583) spent their first Climate Action Day of the year getting up-close-and-personal with some of nature's best decomposers: earthworms! (Photo courtesy of PS 583)
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Students and families from Staten Island's P.S. 29 commemorated November's Climate Action Day by creating artwork with
upcycled materials that depict what they've learned about sorting waste, reusing older materials, and recycling. (Photo courtesy of PS 29)
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MS 407 in Brooklyn held a pumpkin smash/composting event in celebration of November's Climate Action Day. Many took the opportunity to smash their leftover Halloween pumpkins into smithereens, and provide a fitting and symbolic end to 2025's Pumpkin Spice Season. (Photo courtesy of MS 407)
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On December 9, NYCPS celebrated the release of its annual Arts in Schools Report by hosting a Showcase of some of our schools' most talented arts teachers and students at its headquarters at Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan. (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos outlined some of work that NYCPS's Office of Arts and Special Projects has done over the past few years to improve and expand arts instruction during NYCPS' annual Arts in Schools Report Showcase at Tweed Courthouse on December 9. (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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Paul J. Thompson, executive director of the Office of Arts and Special Projects, shared highlights from the
2024–25 Arts in Schools Report, which provides key data points and examples of NYCPS' ongoing efforts to nurture, support, and expand arts education across all City public schools. (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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Thanks to expanded partnerships with cultural arts organizations, as well as increased funding and support for arts instruction across all City public schools, more City students are getting the chance to work with professional artists and performers to create and engage with truly exciting and quality work that nurtures both their skills and interests in the arts and beyond. (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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One of the highlights from the Showcase this year was when pianist and composer, Samora Pinderhughes, provided everyone in attendance with an emotional musical performance that resonated throughout the halls of Tweed Courthouse. (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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We thank everyone, including our very own NYCPS students, who performed during this year's Showcase at Tweed! The sky is the limit for each of you! (Photo by John Brown, NYCPS)
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