Therapy dogs at a Mill Valley library are part of a program called Share a Book where kids read to pooches and gain fluency.
MILL VALLEY -- A library is traditionally a quiet space so bringing a dog inside could easily be barking up the wrong tree. However at the Mill Valley branch, seeing two-year-old Golden Retrievers Kona and Sophie doesn't give anyone paws.Two veteran therapy dogs, Kona and Sophie are here to lend an ear as part of a program called Share a Book, where fur meets fiction and kids can follow the scent of adventure by reading to pooches.
They even lower our blood pressure for anybody, really, but especially for kids who are maybe struggling with reading. Doing it to a dog, it just feels good,' she said. Researchers at UC Davis found that kids who read to therapy dogs for 15 to 20 minutes a week over a 10-week period saw a 30 percent improvement in reading fluency.
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