Sharanya Speaks to RobotsAuthor: Tanvi BhatIllustrator: Tanvi Bhat

Hello, everyone!Please welcome ournew student, Robu.

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Sharanya wants to be friends with Robu.

Hello!

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But he doesn’t seem to understand her.

Hi

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Oyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Psst!

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Why won’t youtalk to me!

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Then, all of a sudden, Sharanya has an idea.

POP

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Sharanya codes a message for Robu.

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Robu’s brain reads the code and he finally replies.

HELLO

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How to Code a Robot

The brain of a robot is a computer.To communicate with computers

and give them tasks to do, we need toknow how to speak their language.

The code-based language that computersunderstand is called a programming language.

And the person who writes code to communicatewith machines is called a programmer. There are manyprogramming languages to help us talk to computers.

Some of them are C, C++ and Java.Would you like to talk to computers too?

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This is a Level 3 book for children who are ready to read on their own.

(English)

Sharanya Speaks toRobots The new student in school won’t talk to Sharanya, no matter how

hard she tries. Why doesn’t he understand her? Can Sharanya find away to talk to him?

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