I’m looking for a book (video, blog, or online course) for Somebody who just learned their first language. They know the “words”, but what will help them to write “poetry” - solve problems using computer programming? Ideally, this book will teach them the art of thinking like a programmer. It will teach them techniques to approach a problem, analyze it, come up with a solution, validate and troubleshoot it. Think whiteboard sessions at an interview.

I’m not looking for a book that concentrates on teaching a specific language like python or c++. Preferably such book assumes minimum computer science knowledge and should heavily use pseudo code, flow charts, diagrams or other ways to generalize concepts, but if it chooses a language to show implementation, that’s OK too. As long as the language is not the main topic.

What was your favorite book, video or lesson to learn thinking in code?