Linda Liukas is the founder of
Rail Girls, a non-profit that teaches computer programming to women in cities around the globe. Her proposed children's book,
Hello Ruby, made its debut on Kickstarter on January 23rd. The adorable book's goal is to teach young girls how to code. The Kickstarter campaign is going
ridiculously well, but who doesn’t want to support something that
awesome? It exceeded its $10,000 funding goal in just 3.5 hours. Four days later, and with 25 days of the campaign to go, she has raised $185k from more than 4,300 backers.
The story follows the adventures of--you guessed it--a girl named Ruby, a "small girl with a huge imagination," who meets penguins, a snow leopard, and green robots
(among others) on her adventures. It's actually two books: an
illustrated storybook with Ruby's tale, and an activity book that
teaches early programming skills. Both are aimed at 4-7 year-olds.
"Every kid has a magical childhood book that makes world seem full of
adventure and possibility. This is my book. You can help me make this
book real on Kickstarter."
