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11-Year-Old Flint Student Releases Children’s Book, ‘Ghoul Getter Girls’
Yesterday A student at Flint's Potter Elementary School is beginning her career as an author at a very young age.
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Outrage Surrounds Book About The Death Of Dominick Calhoun [Video]
March 7, 2013 The story is beyond tragic. Four year-old Dominick Calhoun died in April of 2010 after suffering days of abuse by his mother's live in boyfriend, Brandon Hayes. Now a book has been published in which Corrine Baker, Dominick's mother claims innocence of any crime and as you can imagine, this community's reaction has been strong.
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Dominick Calhoun’s Mother, Corrine Baker, Claims Innocence in New Book
March 5, 2013 Corrine Baker, mother of Dominick Calhoun, maintains that she's innocent in the new book, 'I Didn't Kill My Baby.'
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6-Year-Old Boy Raises More Than $30,000 for Sick Friend [VIDEO]
February 28, 2013 Dylan and Jonah are best friends. Six-year-old Dylan has written a book, raising money for his friend who has a rare disease, affecting only one in one million children.
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Steph Says 12-Year-Old Boy’s ‘How To Understand Women’ Guide Is Bologna [PHOTOS]
January 15, 2013 A 12-year-old has completed the first edition of his book, entitled "How To Understand Women." It doesn't look like all women agree with him. It's not just about his conclusion.
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The Perfect Gift for ’50 Shades of Grey’ Fans Who Like to Cook Chicken [VIDEO]
December 4, 2012 The video trailer for the new cookbook 'Fifty Shades of Chicken' will get you cooking, if you know what I mean.
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Book Vending Machine Introduced
November 20, 2012 A store in Toronto, Canada found a better way to sell books. The "Monkey's Paw" had a vision of a vending machine that you could put money in, and get a book out. Now, the "Monkeys Paw", used book store, has created such a machine.
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Banned Books Week Starts Tomorrow
September 21, 2012 What do the books "Slaughterhouse Five," "To Kill A Mockingbird," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and the "Harry Potter" novels have in common? They were all banned books by certain school systems and libraries at one time.
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J.K. Rowling Builds Awesome ‘Harry Potter’ Tree Houses for Kids
In a move destined to make you wish that J.K. Rowling was your mom, the author of the ‘Harry Potter’ series recently won permission to build two massive 40-foot high tree houses in her backyard at a cost of almost $395,000.
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Michigan Middle High School Students Assigned Laptops Instead of Textbooks
August 28, 2012 A pilot project in Michigan is exploring ways of delivering instruction without textbooks. In place of the textbooks, students will receive laptop computers. Do you think our education system is headed in the right direction?
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Oxford Dictionary Update: New Words To Add
August 26, 2012 It's that time again! Time to get the "official" new words that will soon be accepted as legitimate words. New words like “micropig”. Micropig is just one of the new words/terms that became official as part of ODO’s most recent quarterly update of new words and definitions, which includes “soul patch,” “hosepipe ban” and “vajazzle.”
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Ernest Hemingway Birth Anniversary Tomorrow
July 20, 2012 July 21 marks the birth anniversary of one of America's most famous authors. Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, and died in 1961. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement was a big influence on 20th-century fiction. Hemingway lived a life of adventure, which was reflected in his writing.