UAB Writing Students Help Youngsters Publish a Book
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March 27, 2014
Sixteen University of Alabama at Birmingham writing students are helping 100 third- and fourth-grade students at Inglenook Elementary School publish their first book. As part of a service-learning project, the UAB students taught the youngsters various genres of writing and assembled their best works in “Young Writers in Birmingham,” which will be unveiled at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in the Woodlawn Public Library, 5709 First Ave. North. The event is free and open to the public.
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