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RUB EACH MOUSE IN EACH FOX READERS.AND WAGGERS IS A PROGRAM WHERE THERAPY DOGS COME TO THE LIBRARY AND KIDS GET TO PRACTICE THEIR READ ALOUD SKILLS.
THEY CAN BRING SOMETHING FROM HOME, THEY COULD CHECK SOMETHING OUT FROM OUR COLLECTION.
THEY, WE DO THE DOGS WITH NO JUDGMENT.
ICE STAKES WERE A GREAT, SO IF THEY MESS UP THE CROWD, CHEERS OR BEFORE OR DON'T GET SOMETHING RIGHT.
WE JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT IT BACK.
WHEN WE CONNECTED WITH LOVE ON A LEASH, WE FOUND THIS GROUP CALLED LOVE ON A LEASH, THERAPY PETS.
AND IT'S A NATIONWIDE, UH, THERAPY GROUP, PROBABLY IN THE TOP FIVE IN THE NATION.
SEEING THE KIDS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEIR READ ALOUD SKILLS AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS SO FUN WITH THE DOG RIGHT THERE, JUST PETTING IT, EVEN THOUGH THE DOG MIGHT BE ASLEEP AND SOMETIMES IT'S FUNNY, THEY WANNA READ TO A DIFFERENT DOG AND SOMETIMES LIKE ONE, ONE, UM, LITTLE GIRL TODAY, SHE WENT BACK TO HER SAME DOG AS LAST MONTH.
BUT BEING GOOD TO MY FELLOW EGG, WE'RE ALSO BEING GOOD TO MYSELF.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING ANOTHER READERS AND WAGS PROGRAM AT DAVIS LIBRARY IN THE FALL.
WE SEE MOMS AND DADS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL HERE AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO ATTEND.
THE LIBRARY OFFERS FREE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE ENGAGING, ENRICHING, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES.