diff --git a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNode.cs b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNode.cs
index 5fb4313..7c7fa04 100644
--- a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNode.cs
+++ b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNode.cs
@@ -756,10 +756,28 @@ public static bool CanOverlapElement(string name)
 		/// <param name="html">The HTML text.</param>
 		/// <returns>The newly created node instance.</returns>
 		public static HtmlNode CreateNode(string html)
+		{ 
+			return CreateNode(html, null);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates an HTML node from a string representing literal HTML.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="html">The HTML text.</param>
+		/// <param name="htmlDocumentBuilder">The HTML Document builder.</param>
+		/// <returns>The newly created node instance.</returns>
+		public static HtmlNode CreateNode(string html, Action<HtmlDocument> htmlDocumentBuilder)
 		{
 			// REVIEW: this is *not* optimum...
 			HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
+
+			if (htmlDocumentBuilder != null)
+			{
+				htmlDocumentBuilder(doc);
+			}
+
 			doc.LoadHtml(html);
+
 			if (!doc.DocumentNode.IsSingleElementNode())
 			{
 				throw new Exception("Multiple node elments can't be created.");
@@ -1447,20 +1465,11 @@ public T GetAttributeValue<T>(string name, T def)
 			{
 				return def;
 			}
-			 
-			TypeConverter converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(T));
 
-			try
-			{
-				if (converter != null && converter.CanConvertTo(att.Value.GetType()))
-				{  
-					return (T)converter.ConvertTo(att.Value, typeof(T)); 
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					return (T) (object) att.Value;
-				}
-			}
+            try
+            {
+                return (T)att.Value.To(typeof(T));
+            }
 			catch
 			{
 				return def;
@@ -1659,6 +1668,61 @@ public void RemoveAllIDforNode(HtmlNode node)
 			}
 		}
 
+        /// <summary>Move a node already associated and append it to this node instead.</summary>
+        /// <param name="child">The child node to move.</param>
+		public void MoveChild(HtmlNode child)
+		{
+			if (child == null)
+			{
+				throw new ArgumentNullException($"Oops! the '{nameof(child)}' parameter cannot be null.");
+			}
+
+			var oldParent = child.ParentNode; 
+
+			AppendChild(child);
+
+			if (oldParent != null)
+			{
+				oldParent.RemoveChild(child);
+			}
+		}
+
+        /// <summary>Move a children collection already associated and append it to this node instead.</summary>
+        /// <param name="children">The children collection already associated to move to another node.</param>
+		public void MoveChildren(HtmlNodeCollection children)
+		{
+			if (children == null)
+			{
+                throw new ArgumentNullException($"Oops! the '{nameof(children)}' parameter cannot be null.");
+			}
+
+			var oldParent = children.ParentNode;
+
+			AppendChildren(children);
+
+			if (oldParent != null)
+			{
+				oldParent.RemoveChildren(children);
+			}
+		}
+
+        /// <summary>Removes the children collection for this node.</summary>
+        /// <param name="oldChildren">The old children collection to remove.</param>
+		public void RemoveChildren(HtmlNodeCollection oldChildren)
+		{
+			if (oldChildren == null)
+			{
+                throw new ArgumentNullException($"Oops! the '{nameof(oldChildren)}' parameter cannot be null.");
+			}
+
+			var list = oldChildren.ToList();
+
+			foreach (HtmlNode newChild in list)
+			{
+				RemoveChild(newChild);
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Removes the specified child node.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNodeCollection.cs b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNodeCollection.cs
index 43df9a2..8a04636 100644
--- a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNodeCollection.cs
+++ b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/HtmlNodeCollection.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ public HtmlNodeCollection(HtmlNode parentnode)
 
         #region Properties
 
+        /// <summary>Gets the parent node associated to the collection.</summary>
+        internal HtmlNode ParentNode
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _parentnode;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a given node from the list.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/Utilities.cs b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/Utilities.cs
index e3bdec9..e515197 100644
--- a/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/Utilities.cs
+++ b/src/HtmlAgilityPack.Shared/Utilities.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace HtmlAgilityPack
 {
@@ -19,5 +20,45 @@ internal static class Utilities
                 return defaultValue;
             return value;
         }
+
+#if !(METRO || NETSTANDARD1_3 || NETSTANDARD1_6)
+        internal static object To(this Object @this, Type type)
+        {
+            if (@this != null)
+            {
+                Type targetType = type;
+
+                if (@this.GetType() == targetType)
+                {
+                    return @this;
+                }
+
+                TypeConverter converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(@this);
+                if (converter != null)
+                {
+                    if (converter.CanConvertTo(targetType))
+                    {
+                        return converter.ConvertTo(@this, targetType);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(targetType);
+                if (converter != null)
+                {
+                    if (converter.CanConvertFrom(@this.GetType()))
+                    {
+                        return converter.ConvertFrom(@this);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (@this == DBNull.Value)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return @this;
+        }
+#endif
     }
 }
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