Seven-year-old Davalyn Ursich cuddles up with Sherman in a quiet corner of the Wayne County Public Library. Her eyes shine; his eyes beam as she reads a book to her canine “tutor.” He seems to listen closely, and to make it comfortable and affirming for this reluctant reader to share the gift of words and imagination that she is finding in the pages of some books carefully selected to build confidence by children’s librarian, Betty Lawson. Lawson launched the Tail
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