AND WE THOUGHT THEY WEREN'T LEARNING ANYTHING.

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A group of fifth graders in Massachusetts took a class project all the way to their state legislature this spring. And this time it wasn't about naming state animals, insects, birds or reptiles. Mary M. Walsh's fifth graders want to see the elimination of the state sales tax on all children's books. In five months of work, the children have gathered 3,200 signatures of supporters and gotten the Springfield Library and Museums Association, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and...