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Celebrate Coding Week with Agent Asha - digital pack

Walker Books would love to join you in celebrating Coding Week with a special offer for libraries nationwide.

Computer code just got dangerous in this new action-packed spy adventure series from Sophie Deen

“This rip-roaring secret agent caper for seven-plus is full of algorithms, debugging – broken down and engagingly explained – and fart jokes.” Guardian

Asha Joshi has the perfect excuse not to finish her homework. She’s just been recruited to join the top-secret Children’s Spy Agency. Her first mission: SAVE THE WORLD. Can she do it? Asha’s a coder so she should be able to hack into the biggest tech company in the world, fight deadly sharks and figure out why the Internet has stopped working. All before bedtime. Easy, right?

Sophie Deen’s Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes is a great way to engage young readers in coding, critical-thinking and STEM. It is mapped onto key National Curriculum Computing KS1 and KS2 concepts including algorithms, conditionals and debugging.

Get ready to celebrate Coding Week with our top secret Agent Asha mission pack which includes:

- Coding Week events poster – downloadable PDF
- Coding Week activity pack – downloadble PDF
-Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes downloadable extract
- The Jam Sandwich Algorithm hilarious Video of Sophie Deen demonstrating how precise you need to be when coding!
- Teacher’s notes – downloadable PDF

We would love to see you enjoying the pack on social media using #AgentAsha and tagging @WalkerBooksUK and @readingagency.

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