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books of varying levels, but always high interest. It was informal, low key and had no sign up. A big draw was the dog, who was beautiful, great with kids and an unusual breed. At the end of the reading, dog bone cookies would be served. Games were added to the reading and homemade cookies when later we started doing special holiday parties with the dog. I thinks this works in a small library. Another program that worked was coordinating with one of the local schools that had a number of stuggling readers. The dog and her trainer went to the school for about an hour once a week during the children's time in the school's library. The children would read to the dog, which worked pretty well too. To connect this with the library, I'd visit once a month with a puppet or two, along with some brand new picture books. </FONT></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Karl Thang <karl@creswell-library.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:00 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [kids-lib] Program with Reading Assistance Dogs<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I'm Karl, the new Youth Librarian in Creswell. I'm looking into bringing a Reading Assistance Dog (preferably from the READ program) for an event this year; has anyone implemented an event that connects the dots between service dogs + kids + reading? I'd love to hear from you! Did you connect with the READ program or did you have better luck reaching out to local veterinary organizations? What activities did you do -- was it a 'storytime with a dog' or something more involved, like letting kids read to the dog? </DIV>
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<DIV>Any info would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="garamond, serif"><FONT><FONT color=#444444>Karl Thang |</FONT><FONT color=#444444> Youth & Community Services Librarian, Creswell Library</FONT></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(136,136,136)"></SPAN></FONT>
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