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.

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...

A reading-to-dogs program and an award-winning fire safety series show how communities are expanding storytime beyond the page.