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In article <14pqdfINNerj@hilbert.math.ksu.edu> bennett@math.ksu.edu (Andy Bennett) writes:

   Ladybug - shareware, available at wuarchive.wustl.edu. Implements the  
   basics well. I've had some trouble doing some of the fancier techniques  
   but Ladybug is quite acceptable for children. Also the cheapest. 

You can add Ladybug will run with two monitors (for those rich schools
;-) ) and the major limitations are strict integer math and the lack of
arrays --- this latter is the biggest drawback when trying to run logo
source from examples in books.

I installed Ladybug in my son's grade three class, and they had a great
time writing code to scribble polygons and running some of the demos.
The editor seemed to cause them a bit of trouble, but they enjoyed just
typing in commands and using the command-line editing to repeat the last
sequence with small changes.  I intentionally just installed it and left
it for all the 'Commander Keen' fans in his class to explore it for
themselves.  They found one book in the public library, and then just
toyed with it.

It does seem surprising that Ladybug is the only PD/Shareware logo.  At
a client's site, I once found a directory for some other PD logo for
unix, but it had long since been 'archived' never to be seen again.
Anyone have any details on this?

I'd also be interested in any recommendations for 2nd to 4th grade-level
logo books, as most I've found have assumed a high-school reading level
while offering grade-school-level examples (I wouldn't think teens would
enjoy drawing houses ;-) )

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