The Shelter Buddies Reading Program pairs children between 6 and 15 years of age with traumatised or shy dogs to help them get used to having people around. Now, this isn’t just some wishy-washy ...

Children up to the age of 12 can now improve their reading confidence by reading a book to a dog at the Turlock Library (Photo contributed). The popular Read to a Dog program is back at the ...

Bennett, 9, has the best audience to read aloud to thanks to Phoebe the dog, who offers encouragement and her floppy ...

Sitting next to teacher Jordyn Glick as she read Good Boy Fergus, a story about a curious dog, to students in the S.M.I.L.E. (Silent Mentors in Literacy Education) program, Hope was quiet as classical ...

“It helps kids practice reading out loud in a nonjudgmental setting,” said Molly Blalock, the Vancouver branch manager. For a while, Blalock said, only two dogs were part of the ...