Books & Educational Material
Browse our range of books and educational materials for electronics, coding, and STEM learning. From beginner Arduino guides to advanced maker project books, you'll find printed resources covering robotics, Python, Raspberry Pi, and more.
Great for classrooms, homeschool programs, hobbyists, and anyone keen to learn by building. We stock titles suited to all skill levels, from kids through to experienced makers.
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The Green Screen Makerspace Project Book
SKU: LB-1260019950 | Brand: Little Bird
Take your video projects to the next level with the power of green screen!This easy-to-follow guide clearly explains green screen technology and shows, step-by-step, how to dream up and create professional-grade video...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Textile Messages : Dispatches From the World of E-Textiles and Education
SKU: LB-1433119196 | Brand: Little Bird
Textile Messages focuses on the emerging field of electronic textiles, or e-textiles - computers that can be soft, colourful, approachable, and beautiful. E-textiles are articles of clothing, home furnishings, or...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adventures in Coding
SKU: LB-ADVCODING | Brand: Little Bird
Learn to code from scratch with 11 hands-on projects using the Scratch programming language. Written by coding experts Eva Holland and Chris Minnick, Adventures in Coding takes complete beginners from zero to app-buil...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adventures in Raspberry Pi, 3rd Edition
SKU: PI-BK0102 | Brand: Pimoroni
A fun, project-based guide to learning programming on the Raspberry Pi, written for kids aged 11–15 with no experience required. Author Carrie Anne Philbin (Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation) walks ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Learning the Art of Electronics - A Hands-On Lab Course
SKU: AF-3066 | Brand: Adafruit
Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course by Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz is a practical companion to the classic textbook The Art of Electronics. Designed for students with no prior electronics know...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
An Instructive Appreciation of Buttons and Switches
SKU: SF-BOK-25433 | Brand: SparkFun
Buttons and switches might seem simple, but this zine digs into the clever details behind these everyday components. It is full of button facts and practical ideas for understanding how these mechanisms can do more th...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide 4th Ed
SKU: RP-MAG38 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Fully updated for Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi 4, and the latest software, this 252-page official Raspberry Pi book is crammed with projects and beginner’s guides containing all the information you need to get st...
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Beginner - Basic Kit for Arduino with Guide Book
SKU: EC-ACK02124K | Brand: Elecrow
A comprehensive beginner kit for learning Arduino, electronics fundamentals, and basic programming. The kit includes a printed guide book with 13 step-by-step experiments covering LEDs, buttons, sensors, displays, and...
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Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi 2nd Edition
SKU: RP-MAG57 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Discover how to set up Raspberry Pi to play classic games in the brand new version of our retro gaming guide. In this 164-page book, you’ll learn how to build a portable games machine, assemble a full-sized arcade ...
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Raspberry Pi Quick-Start Guide
SKU: LB-RPI3-QUICKSTART | Brand: Little Bird
The Raspberry Pi Quick-Start Guide is a handbook that has distilled the steps needed to get your Raspberry Pi up and running in Australia. The guide has information how to set the localisation for Australia, how to...
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The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide
SKU: RP-MAG22 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Learn how to Set up your Raspberry Pi, install the operating system, and start using this fully functional computer Start coding projects, with step-by-step guides using the Scratch and Python programming languages Ex...
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Learn to solder
SKU: PI-BK0409 | Brand: Pimoroni
Learn the fundamentals of soldering—and pick up an essential skill for building electronic gadgets. You’ll discover how to preheat and tin your iron, make a good solder joint, de-solder cleanly (when things don't q...
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Code Club Book of Scratch - Volume 1
SKU: RP-MAG16 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
The first ever Code Club book is here! With it, you'll learn how to code using Scratch, the block-based programming language. In each chapter you’ll find instructions to build cool games, animations, an...
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Getting Started with Sensors : Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
SKU: LB-00341 | Brand: Little Bird
Learn to build electronic projects that sense the physical world using sensors, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi. This book takes you from basic electronic circuits through to sophisticated sensor systems that can react to t...
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Coding for Beginners: Using Scratch (Spiral bound)
SKU: LB-1409599353 | Brand: Little Bird
An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Scratch (a free, online programme developed by MIT which is widely used in primary schools), allowi...
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Makey Makey by Sandy Ng
SKU: LB-00337 | Brand: Little Bird
Makey Makey by Sandy Ng introduces students to the art of innovation through the Makey Makey kit — a device that turns everyday objects into touchpads that control your computer's keyboard. Through detailed explanatio...
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Electrical Engineering 101 - (3rd Edition)
SKU: SF-BOK-09458 | Brand: SparkFun
Everything you should have learned in school, but probably didn’t! This book is great for electronics newbies, or if you just need a refresher course. Topics ranging from Ohm’s law to proper usage of an oscilloscope t...
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Practical Raspberry Pi
SKU: LB-00107 | Brand: Little Bird
Practical Raspberry Pi takes you quickly through the hardware and software basics of the Raspberry Pi. Author Brendan Horan then gets you started on a series of fun and practical projects, including a simple temperatu...
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Bee-Bot Lessons (Resources CD Site License)
SKU: ED-BB-T-8 | Brand: Edtechs
A comprehensive resource pack of classroom-tested Bee-Bot activities and lesson plans, licensed for use across an entire school site. Developed by kindergarten teacher Cristy McBee, each lesson has been refined throug...
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Learn to Solder : Tools and Techniques for Assembling Electronics
SKU: LB-1449337244 | Brand: Little Bird
Learn to Solder is a concise, beginner-friendly guide from the MAKE series that covers the fundamentals of soldering for electronics assembly. From workspace preparation and component identification through to making ...
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