ルビィのぼうけん インターネットたんけん隊/Hello Ruby: Expedition to the Internet

Hello Ruby #3

by Linda Liukas, 鳥井 雪 (Translator)

世界20か国以上で翻訳！
ベストセラー絵本『ルビィのぼうけん』シリーズ第3弾が登場！
親子でインターネットを楽しむ絵本

今回のテーマは『インターネットってなに？』。楽しいけどちょっと危険なインターネット探検の旅へ、親子で出かけましょう！

【あらすじ】
「ルビィは想像力と行動力でどんなことだってできちゃう女の子。好きな言葉は『どうして？』

ある雪の日、ルビィと、友だちのジュリア、ジャンゴは、積もった雪でインターネットのお城を作ることにしました。インターネットってどんなもの？　何でできてる？　ときにはこわいこともあるけれど、きちんと気をつけていれば大丈夫。みんなで作ったステキなインターネットは、雪の上でどんなふうにかがやくでしょう？」

本書はフィンランドのプログラマーであるリンダ・リウカスがつくった知育絵本です。この絵本では、プログラミングのいわゆる「コード」は一文字も出てきません。5～8歳の子どもでも親と一緒に楽しめる工夫がされており、前半の「好奇心いっぱいの女の子、仲間たちインターネットを探検する絵本パート」と、後半の「練習問題パート」を通じて、インターネットやネットワークとはなにかを学んでいきます。

リンダが描く、色彩豊かな可愛らしいイラスト・キャラクターたち。主人公が女の子という、子ども向けプログラミング関連の書籍にはめずらしい手にとりやすさが特長です。子どもたちにとって、インターネットは当然の環境になりつつあります。インターネットのしくみに触れ、正しい知識を身につけて、安全で楽しいインターネットを「一緒に」作り出していく、初めの一歩になる絵本です。

Genres: Coding, Childrens, Stem, Computer Science, Technology, Finnish Literature

98 pages, Hardcover

First published July 10, 2017

Reviews

[Tapani Aulu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tarina tässä oli turha, mutta tehtävät olivat taas hyviä. Osa oli 5-vuotiaalle vielä hankalia, mutta moni toimi jo hyvin.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the idea of building a replica of the Internet with snow seems pretty far-fetched and sort of sad to me, I did like how the author provided information about the Internet and what exactly it is through this book's pages. Readers will enjoy following Ruby, Julia, and Django as they venture outside to create their Snow Internet and then complete 33 different activities that test their knowledge and stretch their abilities to send messages, understand how everything is connected, and understand how computers can communicate with one another. Although I could have done without the snow idea, I liked how simple and accessible the text makes all this. There are so many different activities that youngsters can't help but emerge much more knowledgeable about this topic. Reading it and thinking about how many of our tasks are now completed online reminded me of how much the world has changed during the past two decades.

[Kelly Wickham · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are great learning tools, especially for kids like Israel that chose to buy and read these. They teach and illustrate the beginnings of computer programming using Ruby (a girl) as the main character. The lessons are bright, attractive, and fun with an interactive story that goes along with them.

[Yapha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a hard time understanding the analogy of building the "snow Internet," but the activities in the second half of the book are great. For grades 2 and up.

[Nicola · Rating 4 out of 5]

We have really enjoyed working through the Hello Ruby books together. This book aims to explain what the internet is (in its many forms) and I quite liked the metaphors that they used to show that the internet can be fun (but we should also pay attention to warnings that some parts are not suitable for children). We quite liked exploring how the internet is used in our home (and how it reaches us).

Miss 5 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.

[Rachelle · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fun read about working together to build the Internet.

[Bjoern Rochel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice illustrations, but that’s about it. I bought it to read it with my first grader to explain him a bit what’s behind Netflix, websites etc.