Fourth-grader Alec Greven of Castle Rock, Colorado, hand-wrote a book entitled How to Talk to Girls at the age of eight and sold it at his school's book fair.9NEWS.com (Co): Little Boy Says He Knows 'How to Talk to Girls' (June 14, 2007) The book was such a success that Harper Collins published it and put it on sale in late November 2008, when Greven was nine years old.New York Post: 9-year-old Alec Greven Writes Dating Book "how to Talk to Girls" (December 2, 2008) The film rights to the book have been acquired by Fox, which plans to adapt Greven's pamphlet into a feature.Reuters: Fox to adapt 9-year-old's self-help book (December 9, 2008)
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"You also have to be aware that girls win most of the arguments and have most of the power. If you know that now, things might be easier."Harper Collins: Browse How to Talk to Girls—Chapter One, The Facts of Life
"Many boys get crushes on girls. But it can be very hard to get a girl to like you. Sometimes it takes years! Whatever happens, just don't act desperate. Girls don't like desperate boys."Harper Collins: Browse How to Talk to Girls—Chapter Two, Crushes
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Sold copies of the handwritten version at his school's book fair
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The school version of the book raised $300, the proceeds going to funding a new track for the school9NEWS.com (Co): Little Boy Says He Knows 'How to Talk to Girls' (June 14, 2007)
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Featured as a guest on CNN and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
