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Heartwarming HumanityMay 05, 2026

The 10-Year-Old Librarian

The 10-Year-Old Librarian In 1980, Jason Hardman was 10 years old in Elsinore, Utah. His town had no library. He asked the city council for the basement of city hall. He stocked it with 17,000 donated books. In 1985, President Reagan honored him at the White House.

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