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Everyday Heroes Book ‘Em, Ruby

Rachel Bay Pullman

Ruby Larive

I moved to Pullman when I was in second grade. Before, I had lived in a small town and had learned to love to read. Now, everything was different. I was scared at my new school. But I immediately fell in love with the library and all its books. Mrs. Larive, the librarian, helped me get further along in reading and even suggested some books for me to read.

The library is open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday, I would go to the library and do research on a topic and Mrs. Larive would help me organize this information and then write a report. I enjoyed doing this and sharing it with the class, and I loved being dismissed from class to spend time in the library with Mrs. Larive helping me.

In third grade, I had a very hard day and I didn’t think I could face going to school the next day. Mrs. Larive let me stay in the library and help her with some things so that I wouldn’t have to stay home.

I give my thanks to Mrs. Larive for all that she did to help me and keep me interested in books.

ILLUSTRATION: 2 color photos

MEMO: If you would like to nominate someone as an Everyday Hero, write an essay between 100 and 200 words telling us about your hero and send it to: Everyday Hero, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210-1615.

If you would like to nominate someone as an Everyday Hero, write an essay between 100 and 200 words telling us about your hero and send it to: Everyday Hero, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210-1615.