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Meet 5-year-old Black Author, Kennedy O’ Neal Who Have Sold Over 10,000 Copies

by Staff Writer 6 days ago

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Not your normal everyday 5 year old child, Kennedy O’ Neal is the author of Adventures of Super Kennedy which she and her dad, Chris O’Neal, released in mid-March to a positive reception – both locally and nationally.

After her recent appearance on Good Morning America, the Sales of her debut book, The Adventures of Super Kennedy: Saving and Investing, have surpassed more than 10,000 copies.





Kennedy, who is a kindergartener at Faith Baptist School, had always been fascinated with shiny coins and “the green” while in diapers. She truly has a passion for earning and saving money as well as investing it which was the source of inspiration for her book.  In her debut book, the 6-year old morphs into “Super Kennedy” to teach kids creative ways to save and earn money on their own. Once she has enough money saved up, with her parents help, she buys an undesirable house to fix up and collect rent. The book is geared toward 5 to 14-year olds.

Since the book’s release, Kennedy was recently featured as a guest of Steve Harvey and Taylor Thomas’ Tots to Teens Expo in Prince George’s County in Maryland in May. Kennedy and her family have also made it their mission to take part in local literacy events to discuss the importance of saving and investing money at a young age. Presently, she’s touring local schools and talking to students about the importance of saving. She is currently looking for additional schools to add to the tour.

As little as she is, Kennedy is very passionate about helping other kids learn the value of saving money. She knows that it’s the key to building a more stable, secure future. She loves kids her age but gets concerned when she meets other children who do not know that they should be saving their money. Her father says she is hoping to turn the book into a cartoon and even release a second book focused on financial freedom.

According to her father, her ultimate dream is to eventually appear on The Steve Harvey Show and Ellen.

SOURCE: https://temmybalogun.com/meet-5-year-old-black-author-kennedy-o-neal-who-have-sold-over-10000-copies/

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This 11-Year Old Genius Invented Device That Prevents Children From Dying In Hot Cars

by Staff Writer about 11 hours ago

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11-year old Bishop Curry, recently  invented Oasis, a prototype device that is designed to prevent children from dying in hot cars. The device is attached to children’s car seats and once it senses that a child has been left behind in the seat, it will start to blow out cool air until the child is rescued.




The 5th grader from McKinney, Texas, was inspired to create the device, after Fern, a 6-month-old baby girl who had died in an overheated car. He was greatly affected by her death as he passed by her family’s house all the time on the way to school.

After doing some research, Curry found that hot car deaths of babies and pets are tragically common especially in the summer months. His idea was to make a car seat cover with three fans, but now he also wants to create a full car seat with the ability to link up with a vehicle’s air conditioning system and turn it on automatically. Since 1994, 804 children have died from heat-related illnesses in cars in the U.S., according to Kids and Cars, an advocacy center that studies the issue.




Having loved the idea, Curry’s father, an engineer at Toyota also named Bishop Curry immediately filed for a patent. But he also realized that they would need about $20,000 for development and manufacturing. So, together they launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding page that has already raised more than $48,500 – more than double what their initial goal was. They are using the funds towards the attorney fees that are needed for the provisional patent, the prototyping fees, and for locating a manufacturer that is capable of mass producing the device. Toyota was so impressed by Bishop’s idea that it sent him and his dad to Michigan for a safety conference.

The world would not be forgetting this black inventor very soon as his innovation will help save countless of lives of babies that are dying due to carelessness of the parents part.





SOURCE:  https://temmybalogun.com/this-11-year-old-genius-invented-device-that-prevents-children-from-dying-in-hot-cars/