Local therapy dog organization, Healing Heart Therapy Dogs, provides this wonderful opportunity for children ages 6 to 12 who have experienced reading difficulties or who just need to practice their reading. Therapy teams are partnered with children who polish their skills by reading aloud to a dog. Children read to dogs in 20-minute shifts, once a week for six weeks.

Pre-registration is required. Please register by contacting the person listed at the branch where you wish to register your child.

From the week of March 19 to April 27, children may read to a dog at these locations and times:

Note: All time slots are full for this session.

Eiseley Branch Library
1530 Superior Street
Wednesdays, 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Contact Dan at 402-730-5274

Gere Branch Library
2400 S. 56th Street
Mondays, 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Contact Mimi at 402-217-9019

South Branch Library
2675 South Street
Thursday – 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Contact Jayne at 402-440-0983

Walt Branch Library
6701 S. 14th Street
Mondays 5:20-7:00 p.m.
Contact Angela at 402-730-8288(c), 402-484-8288(h) or AngelaHerbert@bryanlgh.org
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Here is a NewsNetNebraska story about the program: