pip and the roots of rootshire

Deep beneath the great oak that holds up the whole kingdom, there's a tangle of pathways nobody remembers how to read anymore - the Roots. When the kingdom's magic starts flickering and villages lose touch with one another, it falls to Pip, a small, quick, endlessly curious messenger-sprite, to find out why. Armed with nothing but a satchel of seeds and a nose for trouble, Pip discovers that the Roots aren't just roots at all - they're a hidden map, a root directory linking every corner of Rootshire together, and something has broken the connections.To fix it, Pip must learn to fetch what's needed, plant new pathways, and call on far-off helpers when the problem is too big to solve alone. Every step Pip takes teaches a real coding idea wrapped in fairy-tale magic - without ever feeling like a lesson.Written to grow with its reader, The Roots of Rootshire works as a picture book for the youngest listeners, a chapter book for growing readers, and a code-annotated edition for kids ready to see the real syntax underneath the story - three books in one, and the first root of a much bigger kingdom.