Java Books

• chapter on objects from Head First Java http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava2/chapter/ch02.pdf. This is a great reference for the teacher.

• on-line free book for Java in high schools http://www.bluepelicanjava.com/

• on-line book you can download as pdf or e-book on Java and OOP from Dick Baldwin http://cnx.org/content/col11441/latest/

• Another on-line free book for Java http://chortle.ccsu.edu/CS151/cs151java.html

• Java Methods by Maria Litvin

• Karel J Robot http://www.cafepress.com/kareljrobot

• Head First Java, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, http://www.javaranch.com/bunkhouse/Beginning.jsp This is good for the teacher but not so great for students. It is aimed at programmers, but explains concepts in a fun way.

• Holt Software's Java for AP Computer Science by West and Stephenson

• Barron's AP Comp Sci book by Teukolsky.

• Computer Science: An Overview by J. Glenn Brookshear (for IB)

• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel can be downloaded for free at http://www.mindview.net/Books/DownloadSites (academic-type) and at http://mindview.net/Books

• Another good book is at the Rethinking CS 101 website http://www.cs101.org/

• Java Au Naturel http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/~jones/book.htm and http://tigger.east.asu.edu/~cet100/JavaAuNaturel/book.htm

• Exposure Java http://www.schram.org/exposure.htm

• Data Structures Book recommended by an AP teacher for AB: Data

• Good sites:

Student Recommended Books:

• Schram's Exposure Java Site http://www.schram.org

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