SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Minecraft: Mining and Farming

by James ZEIGER
9781634705219. ea vol: 32p. (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Unofficial Guides). further reading. glossary. index. photos. Cherry Lake. 2016. lib. ed. $20.95. pap. $9.95. ebk. $32.95.
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Gr 3–8—Minecraft users are an exacting audience: the game is frequently the first complicated thing they have figured out for themselves and with their peers, and they are proud defenders of that knowledge. These title could do with a little less explanation and a lot more pictures, recipes, and practical how-to. Crafting recipes are essential for beginners, but this beginner's guide goes right to swords, torches, and shovels, rather than the very first things a Minecrafter needs. Redstone tells readers how to use a repeater to extend a signal, but leaves out an essential element, and does not include a recipe for making one. Farming includes a superfluous sentence describing what "a one in ten chance" means, and then gets it wrong, describing theoretical probability instead of experimental probability.
VERDICT There are enough discrepancies here to turn off devotees.
Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2016

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