My mother is 92 years old and wants to learn to use a computer, but she doesn't absorb information about computers very well when it is spoken and demonstrated. She is convinced that computers require more technical knowledge and understanding to operate than she is blessed with or can ever learn. It is that 'fear' that keeps her from being comfortable with a PC. I have told her to just play with it, click on things and pay attention to what happens. However, she doesn't understand the technology and feels inadequate to cope with it. She tells me: "I need a book to help me learn. A book like they use in kindergarten." I tried writing down step-by-step instructions and going over them with her while she operated the mouse. No problem while I'm standing next to her watching, but as soon as I'm gone she can't follow the directions anymore. She is not slow mentally and in fact sounds like a woman in her late fifties to early sixties, no shaking voice, in full command of her faculties, etc. Well, I decided to shop for a kindergarten-level text and stumbled upon this book. There was precious little written about it and only a single example page to look at. I decided to take the chance and bought it. I'm glad I looked it over before giving it to my mother ... there is nothing in it to help someone her age; in fact, I doubt that a kindergartener would get anything useful out of it either. The 'Little Golden Books' of my childhood were examples of what I had hoped this book would be, but it is a far cry from that level of quality. If you are unable to teach your child which device the monitor is or which is the mouse then this book might be of some limited use (that is precisely the information presented by this volume), but honestly it's a waste of money. Once your child knows what the mouse and monitor (and one or two more things) are the book is no longer of any value and will just end up in the corner collecting dust. Continue right on by this book and find one that contains keyboarding and mouse exercises that your child (or parent) can use over and over again to help build confidence and understanding when dealing with computers.