The Story of a LateBloomer

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The Story of a Late-Bloomer

• by
• Danielle Russell
• dbrussel_at_interchange.ubc.ca
• LIBR500

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Once upon a time

• A little girl was born
• into a large family in North
• Vancouver, British Columbia.
• She was quiet and shy and
• found it hard to grow well
• in such a crowded and noisy
• environment. But the little girl had

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Some things that made her happy and helped her
grow

• Nature
• Cats
• Music
• Friends
• Family
• A bicycle
• and
• Christmas

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But her favourite thing was reading.

• She read all kinds of books. For awhile she
  loved Nancy Drew and the Enid Blyton adventure
  series. She also enjoyed picture books, poetry
  books, and even encyclopedias!

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When the little girl became a young lady she got
married and started a family of her own.Her
children were very important to her and she gave
so much of her time to them that she sometimes
found it hard to grow
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But she still had some special things that made
her happy and helped her grow

• Children
• Cooking
• Nature
• Crafts
• Music
• Learning
• Friends
• Faith

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But still, her favourite thing to do was read

• Libraries were an important part of her life.
  Whenever she and her family moved to a new town,
  one of the first things she did was go to the
  public library to get a library card. Without
  books, the young lady would not have grown much
  at all.

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Then, when her children were grown and starting
to live their own lives, the young lady, who was
now in her late thirties, decided to go back to
school. In the next five years she attended

• Medicine Hat College
• University of Victoria

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Libraries were still an important part of her
life for pleasure, learning, and, also, for work
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In fact, the young lady, who is not so very young
anymore, loved libraries so much

• She decided to make libraries her career. So she
  moved to Vancouver to attend SLAIS at the
  University of British Columbia.
• If all goes well, she will soon be a librarian
  and books will continue to be an important part
  of her life.
• And she will continue to grow.

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The Beginning