Written By: Dorian at Belmont Library
April 11th is Therapy Dog Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate our paw-some working canine friends.
Reading aloud can be daunting and stressful for children and readers of all ages. In practicing, the reader may feel that they are being judged for the quality of their reading. Therapy dogs serve as non-judgmental listeners for people experiencing anxiety of this nature.
San Mateo County Libraries partners with the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, opens a new window to help facilitate reading experiences between therapy dogs and young readers in our Paws for Tales program! You can reserve a ten-minute session with a therapy dog for your child on our Events Page.
Check out this article, opens a new window about Paws for Tales in the Almanac!
These dog books make our tails waggy!
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