Dorothy loved books and people, so she combined the two interests into a career. She attended college and then library school. She was then ready to be a librarian, but she and her husband moved to a lovely rural area. Unfortunately, there was no library in the community. Dorothy missed librarianship, but then the people had a town meeting in which it was brought up that they used to have a rolling library. Dorothy was delighted by the idea, and she was happy to use the collection money to start a mobile library.

Donations of books also abounded, and Dorothy lugged the books out to the green truck in order to neatly stack them on its shelves. Her bookmobile visited schools, farms, stores, churches, etc. She loved all of her clientele, but the kids especially, who so appreciated her dogged devotion to finding them awesome books. 

Eventually, a reader was generous enough to donate an old house for use as a library. The community converged on the building, fixing it up and preparing it for use. Years later, former customers sent Dorothy letters of appreciation for her devotion to getting them reading material. 

Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile by Gloria Houston, 2011

Susan Condie Lamb's illustrations in the book of the quaint town and residents are delicate and intriguing. This book is based on a true story.

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