Turning to animals to help kids become more comfortable reading was not a new concept in 2011, when Ashley Weibling became librarian of Savannah Elementary School in Aubrey, Texas. But administrators ...

When Jenni Parrish, library director at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, heard about Monty, the 11-year-old Jack Russell-border terrier mix who served as a ...

Violet Keller leaned toward Bailey, a Boston terrier resting quietly beside her, and held up a picture from her book. For a moment, the reading stopped. Violet, a6-year-old fromOldsmar, was more ...

For the next few weeks, the Paul Pratt Memorial Library is going to the dogs. Children’s librarian Sharon Moody has invited local therapy dogs to the children’s room to listen to young readers — and ...

When a Golden Retriever named Life of Riley goes to the library, he’s eager to hear a book. “His owner, Nancy Aderman, will tell him his going to the library, and he will literally jump out of his fur ...