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A coding adventure about a brilliant inventor and her runaway robot, Rox's Secret Code aims to inspire the next generation of female leaders in STEM! Rox is happy to spend the whole day on her laptop inventing awesome robots, but her dad wants her to clean up! When the Chorebot she designs gets a mind of its own and tries to organize the whole city, Rox and her neighbor Amar race to recode Chorebot in time to save the day. Read the story, get the app, code your robot! After you've read Rox's story, look to the last page for instructions on how to download the free Secret Code app, designed by the coding geniuses at Electric Factory. Install it on your smartphone and unlock a coding game that allows readers to design their own augmented reality robot and see it come to life on the front cover of the book! Through these custom creations, children will be introduced to the basics of coding by playing with coding values and actions. Rox's Secret Code and its app unite traditional and digital storytelling with educational entertainment, inspiring children to become makers of technology: a world full of creative possibilities for their futures.
About the Author
Mara Lecocq is the founder and co-author, and Nathan Archambault is the writer and co-author of Rox's Secret Code. Mara is an entrepreneur with a mission to bring diversity to male-dominated industries by making them fun and relatable to girls of all ethnicities in their formative years--through projects that bring together technology and creativity.Formerly a creative director in advertising and technology, Mara was one of the only female leaders in her field to create digital products and campaigns for brands like Nike, Starbucks and Verizon.Realizing that ambition starts young--studies showing that stereotypes have an impact on children's aspirations before the age of 6--Mara decided to found Secret Code. It's a customizable children's media brand that stars girls as heroes of powerful industries, with stories customized to their name and their appearance. Secret Code won a grant by Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss Foundation and a spot at the startup pitch competition Project Entrepreneur, by the Rent The Runway Foundation. Nathan Archambault joined the team as the writer, and both created Rox's Secret Code, their first published book that comes with its own AR coding game.They want to redefine the robot engineer role model for girls and boys, and take inspiration into action by teaching coding principles off the book.
