“Mrs. Whitmore!”
The little girl shouts as she enters the room and sees her favorite reading companion Wilma Whitmore.
“There’s my girl,” Mrs. Whitmore replies. “How are you doing today?”
For the next 30 minutes the duo, separated by a good half-century in age, find common ground in the pages of books. They share tales of steam engines and colorful animals that live only in the imaginations of authors. They visit wonderful lands where no…