Detective Dot books aim to encourage kids to code without stereotypes

Kickstarter project battles situation where 'in kids cartoons, 0% of princesses are engineers, 2.9% of characters are black, and Batman doesn't recycle'

A British technology startup is hoping to encourage children to learn programming skills through a series of stories that avoid traditional stereotypes around engineering, science and technology.

Bright Little Labs is trying to raise 12.5k on crowdfunding website Kickstarter to make a series of print and digital books aimed at 7-9 year-olds, based around its characters of Detective Dot and her "former designer t-shirt" Mr Tumble Cotton.