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Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Life-Sized Baby Groot Toy Unveiled

When it comes to Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy, a life-sized toy version wouldn't fit through your door jam. Fortunately or unfortunately, he was blown to smithereens in that first outing, obliterated into a pile of busted branches. One of these twigs has grown into what is known as Baby Groot, and as luck would have it, this living plant is what you could call a real 'ankle-biter'. He's the size of a doll. So it makes sense that we'll be getting a life-sized version of Baby Groot soon enough.

I Am Books, which claims to be the country’s first Italian-American bookstore, is slated to open in mid-October in Boston’s Italian neighborhood in the North End. “Our goal is to offer a common space for all those who are deeply passionate about their Italian roots and heritages,” says store president and cofounder Nicola Orichuia. The 33-year-old Italian immigrant launched the Bostoniano Info website four years ago, followed by a monthly print magazine, Bostoniano, in December 2012 to celebrate Italian-American life.