R.E.A.D. program comes to HCPL

HCPL recently brought the R.E.A.D. program to it's Northwest Branch library.

"The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program improves children's reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to an animal. But not just any animal. R.E.A.D. companions are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children."
--Intermountain Therapy Animals

 Missy and Denise listening to a child read at a local library

 What a great way to provide literacy instruction and instill a love of reading at the same time! For more about the HCPL program, visit the HCPL blog.

-Carrie