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Teen Collects Books in French for her Second Goodwill Mission to Haiti
Giselle Osborn was among a handful of youth chosen to travel to Haiti this past August as part of a delegation to build eco-friendly...
JK Rowling Gives Signed Potter Books to Teen’s Fundraiser in Honor of Fan’s Lost Friend
Harry Potter fan Shona Macleod, 15, decided to contact JK Rowling in her effort to raise £950 for a park bench where she could...
Rejected by Publishers 26 Year-old Makes $1Million Selling eBooks on Internet
After countless rejections from large publishing companies, Amanda Hocking turned to the internet to sell her stories in digital formats that now have made...
Former Businessman Turns to Comic Books to Create Positive Change Through Inspiring Stories
Sensing a mid-life crisis, a successful 35-year-old Japanese businessman quit his job believing it was time to do something positive with his life, instead...
Dusty Vase Found on Bookshelf Fetches Record $69 Million at Auction
After her brother died in Britain a woman in her 70's was cleaning out his flat and came across a dusty oriental vase propping...
Receiving an Armful of Summer Books Could Alter a Child’s Future
1) Books in the home correlate powerfully with student success, and, 2) young students can lose 1 ½ years of their reading achievement over...
J.K. Rowling Might Write More Harry Potter Books
J.K. Rowling celebrated Easter at the White House, reading to some kids and answering questions about the future of Harry Potter. According to...
Library of Congress Puts Thousands of Historic Books Online
Nearly 60,000 books prized by historians, writers and genealogists, many too old and fragile to be safely handled, have been digitally scanned as part...
Afghan School for Girls Succeeds Despite Lack of Walls and Books (with Video)
This Afghanistan girls' school successfully prepares students for University but without any roof, walls, library, or many books... until now.
Thanks to an American...
Independent Bookstore Stands Strong
In an era when conventional wisdom holds that independent bookstores are being vanquished by the big, bad book chains, Nancy Traversy has so...
More than 300,000 Children’s Books Reach Children in Need
The eBay Foundation and First Book, a nonprofit providing new books to children in need, are holding reading parties in three cities to celebrate...
Toys For Tots Literacy Program Turns Dollars Into Books
While known for giving toys to under-privileged children during the holidays, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is teaming up with The UPS Store...
Bible Now One of Many Holy Books in Hotel Drawers
A new trend for smaller hotels: Offering a spiritual menu of holy texts for guests -- instead of only the Bible -- caters to...
Web Sites Provide Big Savings on College Textbooks
Because the average first-year college student today spends over $900 on textbooks, Web sites have sprung up offering price-comparison tools that help save 50...
Millions of Books Going to Burkina Faso Children
The Burkina Faso government will distribute millions of free books to primary school students and launch a pilot project to eliminate fees for schooling...
GNN-i Giving Away 10 Books in 10-Day Countdown
Continuing the celebration of Ten Years of Good News and in a 10-day countdown to our 10th Anniversary on August 31, I am giving...
Good Golf Raises 400K to Replace New Orleans Books
A $390,000 donation to the Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative will go a long way toward putting books on the shelves and hope...
GNN Contest: 4 Free Books to Registered Users
Since March 16, when the GNN Web site relaunched, 968 people have registered as GNN members. (Registered users can comment on stories, send messages...
Utah Man Spreads Gift of Books Around the World
A man from Holladay, Utah has made it his passion to give away books, almost a half a million so far, to school children...
In Southern Sudan, 250 demobilized child soldiers trade weapons for textbooks
UNICEF officials, parents, and local and military leaders celebrated the demobilization of 250 youngsters from armed forces and groups in Southern Sudan last week....