Hulit an avid reader, volunteer

Being a book lover from as early on as she could remember, it was only natural that Violet Hulit would become a volunteer at the Bottom Shelf Bookstore, the used-book shop operated by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library to raise money for a new community library.

“As a child, I loved reading books,” said Hulit. “My grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet and knit, and after one summer, she told my mother, ‘Don’t try to teach Violet anything – just put a book in her hand.’”

As a kid, Hulit made countless trips to the public library in Philadelphia, often returning with an armful of books....