This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on End-User Development, IS-EUD 2017, held in Hatfield, UK, in July 2019.The 9 full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers discuss progress in research around end-user development through, or towards, methods, socio-technical environments, intelligent agents, as well as the most effective end-user programming paradigms for smart environm...

This volume edited by Golden Deer Classics contains the following classic children's novels: - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling - The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - Kidnapped by Robert Lo...

The modern-day vampire story has its roots in an unlikely source: cheap paper pamphlets that were sold on street corners in Victorian England. Called "penny dreadfuls," these pamphlets strung out sensationalized tales over dozens – and sometimes even hundreds – of episodes. Varney the Vampire is a classic of the genre, and many of the elements of classic vampire lore originated in this sprawling, deliciously pulpy tale.

Alice debuted in Carroll's first draft of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Under Ground originated from stories told to the Liddell sisters during an afternoon on 4 July 1862 while rowing on the Isis with his friend Robinson Duckworth, and on subsequent rowing trips. At the request of ten-year-old Alice Liddell, Carroll wrote down the stories as Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which he completed in February 1864. Under Ground contains thirty-seven illustr...

In The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, Sean Covey uses beautifully illustrated stories to bring his family's successful philosophy to the youngest child.For the Seven Oaks friends, there is always something to do. Whether they're singing along with Pokey Porcupine's harmonica or playing soccer with Jumper Rabbit, everyone is having fun and learning all sorts of things. These seven stories show how practicing the 7 Habits makes this possible for the whole Seven Oak...

Filled with suspense, non-stop chases, animal traps, narrow escapes, ancient mythology, and crime scene CSI-style adventures, Cats for Dinner is the first in a series of books that are essentially the XFILES for kids.It is very safe to say that curiosity will almost kill the cat. But, then again, why not? Why be safe? After all, 'nice' is overrated.

Amber is getting ready for a normal Christmas with her family by watching Christmas movies and working in her parents' bookstore. But when a mysterious boy comes by the shop, things start to change. Like the weather, and the whole town's Christmas Spirit! With the hot temperatures, melted snow, and crabby customers, will Christmas even come at all?

Eileen comes from a long line of people who've had fairy senses. So when she gets a magic stopwatch that gives her the sense of chronoception, she knows exactly what she wants to do.A 12,000 word children's fantasy story.

ContentsTHE PROPHETIC PICTURESBy Nathaniel HawthorneTHE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOWBy Washington IrvingTHE GOLD-BUGBy Edgar Allan PoeCORPORAL FLINT'S MURDER(From "The Oak Openings")By J. Fenimore CooperUNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLYBy Bret HarteTHE NOTARY OF PERIGUEUXBy H. W. LongfellowTHE WIDOW'S CRUISEBy F. R. StocktonTHE COUNT AND THE WEDDING QUESTBy O. Henry...

Red shoes, golden slippers, seven-league boots... Just step into the shoes of princes and princesses, ogres and orphans, cats and rabbits, and discover a fascinating fairy-tale world of footwear.Did you know that long ago Cinderella lived in China? That dogs in America wear boots? And that a small pair of shoes in France can fall in love?With original illustrations by Lucie Arnoux, this is a timeless and captivating collection of fairy tales and folktales, whose footprints ...

Once upon a time there lived in a little village in the very middle of France a widow and her only son, a boy about fifteen, whose name was Antoine, though no one ever called him anything but Toueno-Boueno.They were very poor indeed, and their hut shook about their ears on windy nights, till they expected the walls to fall in and crush them, but instead of going to work as a boy of his age ought to do, Toueno-Boueno did nothing but lounge along the street, his eyes fixed on the gro...

This little book contains several stories for young pupils who love to read. Tales within this book are Sing a Song of Pancakes, The Fox and the Hen, The Star Gold, The Good-Night Prayer, King Rumpisulk, The Thrush's Song, Four are Too Many, The Raven's Dinner Part, and Tweeny Bunting. The illustrations to all these tales are by Helen Jacobs, A. H. Watson, Linden Miller and Ernest Aris. Pook Press celebrated the Golden Age of Illustration and is reprinting this book of tales to delight ano...