Children's book review: 'It's Christmas, David!' bound to be a favorite

Children's book writer David Shannon recalls his earliest foray into writing and illustrating in an author's note at the end of his latest work. Years after he was an established and flourishing, his mother brought to his attention a book he wrote as a little boy.

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Bombs kill 2 children near their home in Iraq

A police spokesman says two young children have been killed by a bomb planted near their home in eastern Iraq.

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Hands On! children's museum celebrates 75,000th visitor

HENDERSONVILLE â€" Hands On!, a children’s museum at 318 N. Main St., downtown, was thrilled to celebrate its 75,000th visitor, three-year-old Karis Marshall, on Dec. 4.

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