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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!
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SPOTLIGHT ON OUR SCHOOLS
This fall, nearly 25,000 NYCPS high school student-athletes participated in our Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL). From the gridiron to the swimming pool, together, this incredible number of student-athletes showed off their determination, grit, and self-confidence while collectively providing us with an outstanding PSAL season! Win or lose, we could not be prouder of our athletic scholars for making the start of the 2025–26 PSAL season a special one.
In celebration of an outstanding start to athletic year, check out some of the recent photos we captured throughout the end of the PSAL Football 4A regular season—join us in congratulating ALL of this season's incredible student-athletes!
