Smith opened Wishing Tree Books in the South Perry District in 2019, something she had wanted to do since she was a girl. She has donated countless books to different organizations around Spokane.

“The Wishing Tree” by William Faulkner (Random House, 1964) reveals a different side to the author of complex novels like “Absalom, Absalom” and “The Sound and the Fury.” ...

Books spilled from dozens of boxes and towered in stacks on shelves. Janelle Smith was in her element. She grinned. “I ordered 4,000 books. Thankfully, they didn’t all come at once!” When ...