Have a reluctant young reader in your life? Pasadena Public Library has an innovative, and furry, option to help. By Melanie Hooks In the aptly named Barks &am ...

First-graders at The Lovett School are reading to therapy dogs as part of the Sit Stay Read program. You think you know ...

Reading aloud can be intimidating for children, but a unique program in Central New York is helping kids gain confidence by reading to a non-judgmental audience: dogs. Cooper, one of the dogs with ...

A program at a local animal shelter gives kids a safe place to read aloud to the shelter’s pets — with remarkable benefits ...

Children who are nervous about reading aloud have a friendly audience at the Oro Valley Public Library. There, they can read to a trained and certified therapy dog who is guaranteed not to criticize.