Therapy dog Keiko helps children improve their reading skills as part of the Read to a Dog program. Reading out loud improves reading skills, and animals are ideal reading companions because they allow kids the chance to read to a nonjudgmental listener, according to the library's website about the program. The relaxed setting makes kids eager to read, the site says.
Moira Walker, 9, searches for a prize as library associate Rachel Garman signs Moira's Certificate of Recognition.
Phoebe Jones, 4, gently pets Chi Chi as Karen Cooper of Pet Partners reads at the Murphy-Wilmot Library.
If you go
• What: Read to a Dog program
• When: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays
• Where: Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road
• Cost: Free
• Phone: 594-5420
• For more info: The program, for children, is available at library branches throughout the Pima County library system. For a listing of dates, times and dogs go to www.library.pima.gov/storytimes/read-to-a-dog.php
• Note: The program at the Murphy-Wilmot Library will be on hiatus from Aug. 13 through Labor Day
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Therapy dog Keiko helps children improve their reading skills as part of the Read to a Dog program. Reading out loud improves reading skills, and animals are ideal reading companions because they allow kids the chance to read to a nonjudgmental listener, according to the library's website about the program. The relaxed setting makes kids eager to read, the site says.
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