A major issue with introductory econometric textbooks is that they are either too theoretical or too practical. While the former does not motivate students, the latter provides training and not an education. It is very difficult to reach a compromise between these two types. Nevertheless, there is a book that was able to get a good balance between theory and applications using R. It is titled “Introduction to Econometrics with R” and written by Christoph Hanck, Martin Arnold, Alexander Gerber, and Martin Schmelzer. Most important, the examples and applications presented in the book are carefully chosen to illustrate the theoretical aspects that are being discussed. For those that already know basic econometrics, this book is still useful to learn a lot about R.